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February 2010
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Mark Gundrum in Non-Partisan Race
State Rep. Mark Gundrum (R-New Berlin), who was elected to the Assembly in 1998, would rather be a judge.
A few days ago, Gundrum announced that he is running for Waukesha County circuit court judge in the upcoming April election against incumbent Judge Richard Congdon. (Congdon had been appointed to the bench by Gov. Doyle in January to fill a vacancy created by Judge Mark Gempeler’s retirement. )
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel :
“I think the seat can be won,” Gundrum said
He said he would be a judge who would follow the rule of law and not impose his own views.
However, in the very next paragraph:
“ I think it would be good to have a person with a solid conservative view of the law in there,” Gundrum said.
Uh, that sounds like politician double-speak.
Nevertheless, Gundrum is quite popular and has a very good chance of unseating the incumbent judge.
And it raises the question--- if Gundrum succeeds, who will seek his Assembly seat?
OMG Gundrum said Conservative. Looks like you have a new target Linda.
I believe you can have a conservative viewpoint and still be fair and follow the rule of the law and not impose personal views or agendas.
He's a republican.
Nothing wrong with that.
The difference between Gundrum and other local community characters is that he really is a conservative with a reasonable balance of common sense. Local community people, like those in the majority on the common council, are RINO - republican in name only - they mask themselves in a conservative cloak - but with the short sighted and uninformed points of view and decisions made, they waste money, e.g., endless lost lawsuits, lost legal actions, failure to reconstruct Calhoun Road to modern standards, etc. It's hilarious - they think they're conservatives when in fact they are not.
Call to action - those interested in local government - now is the time to look at running for ALDERMAN - we need term limits and a refresh of the council. You can run for office - nomination papers can be circulated now filed by early January due date.
It seems my blog post caught the attention of others in the blogosphere beyond MyCommunityNOW.
Example: http://illusorytenant.blogspot.com/2009/11/early-prediction.html
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