Wyoming city audit completed

Wednesday, 09 June 2010
Alice Pickering
Wyoming Reporter

Results of the 2009 Wyoming city audit were presented at the city council meeting Tuesday, June 1. David Mol, HLB Tautges Redpath, Ltd. presented highlights of the audit.

Because the city staff is small there are some difficulties with segregation of duties, Mol reported.

One item related to the use of credit cards. Mol said receipts needed to be more closely monitored. In answer to questions from council members City Administrator Craig Mattson said the city is making efforts to move to purchase orders and planning ahead for purchases.

GOP HD 17B: Bring the mud

In House District 17B, a tense primary is brewing with no small amount of mudslinging.

Republicans in the district on the northern-most fringe of the Twin Cities metropolitan area have endorsed Hazelden Foundation executive Bob Barrett. Wyoming Mayor Sheldon Anderson has reversed his initial pledge to abide by the endorsement and is running in the Aug. 10 primary.

Anderson is making a number of claims against Barrett. And Barrett is responding to those claims directly.

Amid the rancor, the seat, which is being vacated by two-term Rep. Jeremy Kalin, DFL-North Branch, stands as a prime takeover opportunity for the House GOP Caucus.

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Kevin Stader

GOP HD 17B: Bring the mud
Jun 08 2010 14:15:58

Sheldon Anderson's butt is being bitten and he's a big crybaby. His campaigns of the past locally and in St Paul have always been nothing more than mudslinging. He's known in the political arena as one of the worst and dirtiest. Now he's crying that its all coming back to bite him in his behind? Are we tired of his crybaby antics yet?

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Peter Schaps

Re:GOP HD 17B: Bring the mud
Jun 28 2010 18:19:22

In my study of this 17b endorsement process I have found that the only mud being mixed on the 17b campaign trail is the mud being stirred up by Mr. Sheldon Anderson, a recipe that includes false accusations, innuendo, and character assassination. The truth of the matter for any who were not present at several public candidate debate forums held prior to the April endorsement convention is that Bob Barrett's responses to questions were on target and on more than one occasion answered by candidate Anderson and I quote " well, I agree with Bob" and their is video tape in the county that would attest and prove this beyond doubt. The sour grapes we are witnessing on the part of Mr. Anderson is due to Mr. Anderson's character which hosts a insatiable appetite for personal political power. I think folks of Chisago county 17b are more interested in electing a person of high moral and ethical character, a man not connected to any political machinery and who possesses a thorough understanding of the difficult financial issues which currently take center stage in Minnesota's future response to tax and spend policies. Mr. Bob Barrett has not been involved in politics as usual, holds a bachelor degree in accounting, and has worked for over 10 years in the private sector as a executive director for Hazeldon of Center CIty, Minnesota. I believe Mr. Barrett won the endorsement of Republican delegates of Chisago County because he was the best candidate for the time, and quite honestly the time for a man such as Bob Barrett to take up the difficult work in the Minnesota legislature has never been so critical.

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Peter Schaps

Re:GOP HD 17B: Bring the mud
Jul 04 2010 16:25:42

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Peter Schaps

Re:GOP HD 17B: Bring the mud
Jul 04 2010 16:28:24

no mud here, only a plethora of Bob enthusiasm, the Forest Lake Parade was the Hit Parade!

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Anderson will buck party in House 17B race

Anderson will buck party in House 17B race

Wednesday, 19 May 2010 After seeing Democrats hold the state House seat serving Chisago County for 26 of the past 30 years, Sheldon Anderson said he could sit idle no longer and watch the Republican Party repeat history this fall.

On Tuesday, Anderson, a three-term mayor of Wyoming, filed papers in Center City to run for the House seat in District 17B as a Republican. That will mean a primary election on Aug. 10 as the party last month endorsed Bob Barrett of Shafer to seek the House seat that Rep. Jeremy Kalin, DFL-North Branch, is vacating after two terms.

It was the endorsement process and blow back and the party’s lack of success over the past three decades that motivated Anderson to not abide by the decision of the endorsing convention, he said.

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