Carter Campaign “Strategy” #8

Ask the Tough Questions

The onslaught of Candidate Carter’s campaign to unseat incumbent Robinson has raised many political issues. Candidate Carter has supplied voters with a list of 10 questions and challenged them to ask incumbent Robinson for answers. Perhaps Candidate Carter could answer the following 10 questions regarding his 11 year reign as a Fish Lake Township Supervisor and Board Chairman;

1.) Why did you sign a $234,000 paving contract for Blue Heron Trail outside of an open public meeting?

2.) Why did you ignore $50,000 offered by the DNR to help pay for paving Blue Heron Trail? Why weren’t the subordinate service district (SSD) taxpayers that were paying for this project informed or consulted?

3.) How can you criticize the county for the recently completed shouldering work on Stark Road when you compromised the engineering plan for Blue Heron Trail by using black dirt instead of Class I for shouldering?

4.) Why have people coined 437th Street, the road you live on, as “The Million Dollar Road?” Why did you trade a township dump-truck in partial payment for this non-budgeted road improvement project?

5.) Why have you approved and signed final development hard shells (such as Andrews Acres) outside of open public meetings and without required town board decisions?

6.) Why have you routinely approved and signed township fire coverage and fuel contracts without required board decisions and outside of open public meetings?

7.) Why did you hide and lock away township records and documents from another elected township supervisor?

8.) Why has graveling township roads dwindled from 14,000 to 6,000 cubic yards from 1996 to 2006 while the number of gravel roads has remained unchanged during your reign?

9.) Why have township services been reduced during your reign while taxes have continued to rise at a rate of 7% per year for the last three years alone?

10.)Why have you never provided a vision for the future of Fish Lake Township or Chisago County?