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The debate scheduled for October 2nd had to be canceled due to the lack of participation by Robert Pancratz. I received the following email from Robert Pancratz. "After careful consideration and counsel from individuals whose judgment I respect, unfortunately I must decline participating in the upcoming debate. I believe the debate was set up with the best of intentions, and I have no reason to question the integrity of the committee members preparing the questions. However, I still have concerns that the event may not be structured to be fair...
Question: What is your plan for Musselshell County? My plan is a strong resilient future for Musselshell County. We are a historic boom-bust coal and agricultural community. I work to make sure we are expanding our tax base, so I focus on one of the fundamentals of economic development; beautification and livability. The basis of economic development is to attract entrepreneurs who want to build their business here, parents who want to raise their children in a safe community and people who want to retire and enjoy the small town life. Again,...
Good Budgeting is not a secret. It is based off of prior year’s actuals and anticipated revenue. The accounting functions of Government budgets was the tough part of bringing the county into compliance. We had to learn all that because we no longer had a financial officer. Now that we are in compliance and have all the audits and reports in, we were able to set a much more accurate budget that fit the county’s ability to pay a fair wage and provide services. I’m proud of the work we’ve put in for the last year. We are already working on the...
I sat down with Musselshell County Commissioner Nicole Borner and discussed the recently completed audits that Musselshell County has had to endure due to years of neglect and kicking the proverbial can down the stairs. We also talked about the county's budget and where the focus should be moving forward.. Nicole is completing her first term as county commissioner at the end of December, 2020. She is running for re-election and she shared how the campaign is going and what she hopes for in this...
Why has Mike Goffena & Mike Turley been spending time in Kevin Peterson's office? Why did Mike Goffena vote down a resolution submitted by Peterson? Why did Mike Turley concur with Goffena on the decision to vote down the resolution? Was the opinion of outside attorney Peter Michael Meloy so overwhelmingly convincing that to support the resolution would have been political suicide? If the resolution was so bad, why did Peterson even propose it? These are questions that the taxpayers of...
On Friday, August 21, 2020, during a routine public document search, it was discovered that an email transmission from Republican central committee chairman, Maryrose Beasley to Clerk & Recorder Cheryl Tomassi had transpired. Beasley's email was as follows. Thursday, August 20, 2020, "would you please email copies of the certified circulation of record papers that Dave ponte should have filled for each of the last five years? Thank you." Cheryl's response, "I will have Bonadee email them to you." Beasley's response, "Thanks!" Several hours...
On August 1st, 2020, a packet of documents was deposited at the Roundup Record Tribune & Winnett Times office. In the enclosed documents was a copy of an email transmission from county attorney Kevin Peterson to Clerk & Recorder Cheryl Tomassi. The email was dated November 27, 2018. It was addressed to the three commissioners at the time: Robert Goffena, Tom Berry & Nicole Borner. The subject was Petition. "The door was open in my office and Teresa heard every word of our conversation. You are lying about all of this. I told you that Burns woul...
Recap: Adam is describing the taxing and spending authority of county government and how the commissioners find a balance. “Mills' values can change if their value goes up or down. We can spend different dollar amounts for certain services without going to ask for an increase in the mill levy. Property taxes are based on the square footage of your home or acreage. Individuals that live within the city also pay city taxes. Most of the county expenditures are paid by the agricultural community. The people that live east of Roundup pay most of the...
Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them; For their heart devises violence, And their lips talk of troublemakeing. Proverbs 24: 1-2 The political drama that has been transpiring in Musselshell County is like watching kabuki theatre. On Monday morning, July 6, 2020, Musselshell County Attorney Kevin Peterson delivered a letter asking Musselshell County Commissioner Adam Carlson to immediately vacate his position as county commissioner. In attendance to this spectacle was a cast of characters both for and against the county...
