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| Potential Sheriffs Battle On Radio Air |
| By thepilotnews.com |
| Published: 04/27/2010 |
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PLYMOUTH – The candidates for Marshall County Sheriff faced off live Monday morning to let the voters of the county know where they stand on the issues. WTCA-AM 1050 hosted the debate Monday morning posing questions to the candidates for the office. The general election will likely be decided by the primary as only three Republicans are running for the job of sheriff thus far. Former sheriff Dale Dodson, Plymouth Police Sergeant and current County Commissioner Tom Chamberlin and Sheriff’s Deputy Lt. Det. and current Marshall County Councilman Ward Byers have all thrown their hats into the ring for the nomination for the office. With no Democrat having filed as of yet, the winner of the primary will likely be the new Marshall County Sheriff. The debate was hosted by Tony Ross, Kathy Bottorff of WTCA and John J. Oliver, local businessman and owner of U.S. Granules Corporation. The three asked a wide variety of questions pertaining to the job of sheriff and the challenges ahead. While the three were similar in opinion on many issues they did differ on several points. When asked the main issue facing the office, Byers and Dodson agreed that the main focus of any sheriff will be the management of the county jail and housing of its prisoners. Dodson spoke of the budget difficulties and concerns in the process. Byers — a 19-year-veteran of service with the sheriff’s office — said that managing the jail was a major focus of each of the sheriffs that he had worked for in that time and felt it would continue to be the item that would take most of the sheriff’s attention, particularly with budgetary concerns. Chamberlin focused on centralized communication as a major concern of the new administration combining the dispatch of all the county’s emergency personnel under one roof, saving taxpayer money for separate dispatch centers in Plymouth and Bremen. Read More. |
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