Vote for Integrity?

District 1 Chisago County Commissioner Lora Walker is running for re-election to the county board. On her campaign website http://www.lorawalker.com./ , Commissioner Walker proclaims “Vote for Integrity” as she apparently believes she exemplifies integrity. However; integrity has not exactly been her track record.

For example; on one previous occasion, Commissioner Walker openly admitted to an Open Meeting Law violation while posting her comments to a local political blog called “Fiefdom Politics.” On another occasion, Commissioner Walker billed Chisago County for her attendance at a meeting she did not attend.

As another example, there are many who believe Commissioner Walker and fellow County Commissioner/attorney Ben Montzka successfully lobbied the Chisago County Attorney to look the other way when the county was served with a written criminal complaint lodged against their political ally and former District 5 county commissioner candidate Bob Carter. The criminal complaint accused Fish Lake Township Supervisor Bob Carter of violating Open Meeting Law and committing several gross misdemeanors as well as ultra vires acts. Although Carter himself had openly admitted in the Cambridge STAR newspaper that he had, in fact, committed one of the illegal acts for which he was accused, the Chisago County Attorney failed to take any action against Supervisor Carter.

So when it comes time to vote at the upcoming District 1 County Commissioner primary election on August 14th, perhaps voting for integrity will mean selecting a candidate other than Lora Walker.