The Peru Gazette

The Peru Gazette expresses its thanks to the candidates for the Clinton County Legislature and Peru Town Board who were kind enough to respond to our questionnaire. We hope their answers will be of interest to local voters.  Rhonda Barber and Peter Keenan are competing for the Clinton County Legislature’s Area 5 Seat. Carol Blakeslee-Collin and Robbie Timmons are competing in Area 7.  Ms. Blakelee-Collin did not respond to our questionnaire. Four candidates are seeking two positions on the Peru Town Board. Kregg Bruno and Brandy McDonald are incumbents. They are being challenged by Dwane Bast and James Langley.

All the candidates deserve praise for their willingness to serve their fellow citizens. In spite of opinions to the contrary, The Peru Gazette believes that public service is one of our society’s highest callings and we believe that the vast majority of elected representatives serve to the best of their ability.

An equally high calling is the responsibility of every registered voter to cast their vote on Tuesday, November 3rd. In a typical non-presidential election year fewer than 50% of eligible voters take the time to vote – a very sad statistic.