Discontent with Diane?

At least 47 Fish Lake Township residents registered their discontent with incumbent Diane Larkin at the March 13th township supervisor election. However; 54 voters returned her to office for a third, three-year term. Perhaps Supervisor Larkin is now one term closer to achieving her “perpetual public servant” goal on the Fish Lake Township board.

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign........

Time for a change in leadership at Fish Lake Township.

Dump Diane!

Vote for Elvin Norling for Fish Lake Township Supervisor on March 13, 2012.

Dump Diane?

Can Fish Lake Township tolerate three more years of Supervisor Diane Larkin?
Vote for Elvin Norling for Fish Lake Township Supervisor on March 13, 2012!

Solid Support for 5th District 2012 Election?

Tim O’Keefe has expressed his gratitude and appreciation of the overwhelming positive response to his candidacy announcement to run in the 2012 Chisago County District 5 Commissioner race. Over 1500 generous offers of help and support have flooded in from Rush City to the City of Harris, and Nessel and Fish Lake Townships. Many well-wishers offered kind words of encouragement to persevere in the lofty pursuit to change “politics as usual.”

2012 Election Spells Change in 5th District?

A Chisago County District 5 Commissioner candidacy kickoff event for Tim O’Keefe on Saturday, 10/15/11, drew a crowd of over 200 supporters. Held at a rural Fish Lake Township farm, the grass roots movement was seeking change in “politics as usual.” Many supporters expressed their anger over continued increases in local taxation while their roads crumbled and fell into ruin. They also discussed two failed attempts by Fish Lake Township supervisor Bob Carter to unseat the current 5th district commissioner. Supporters believed that Bob Carter was further “tainted” by the Fish Lake Township political corruption scandal and that he lacked the honesty and integrity to run a viable 2012 campaign.

Tim O’Keefe was highly commended for his courage and endurance to expose political corruption and institute honest, open government in Fish Lake Township. Although several supporters agreed that the current district 5 commissioner had “caused no harm” during his eleven year tenure, he failed to manage government spending or propose innovative solutions to resolve ongoing county issues. If elected, Tim O’Keefe agreed that he would also work to bring integrity and dignity to the county board on behalf of district 5. Supporters were encouraged and motivated to rally behind Tim O’Keefe, calling him a “harbinger of change.”

Time for a Change in the 5th District?

Tim O’Keefe announces his candidacy today for the 5th district Chisago county commissioner race in 2012. He states that he is looking forward to the challenges ahead and welcomes voter input. Tim O’Keefe can be reached at npnf@ecenet.com or at 763-689-3335.

The Fish Lake Karpa is dedicated to bringing important local government issues to the public and will provide more candidate information as it becomes available.

Thank you for your continued readership.

Have a safe and happy Halloween!

Solidarity?

The Fish Lake Township official web site www.fishlaketownship.com has once again disappeared. When this previously occurred in May 2009, the web site re-emerged after major reconstruction which included the removal of all official meeting minutes prior to 2008. As with many secret proceedings at Fish Lake Township, one can only surmise the nature of the current web site disappearance. Perhaps the inability to access the township website is simply another management oversight to timely pay the Internet service invoice as apparently happened on at least one other occasion. Then again, are Fish Lake Township supervisors demonstrating their “solidarity” to the current Minnesota State government shutdown?