Editor:
If the great Yogi Berra could sum up the current Muscatine County Board of Supervisors and County Sheriff, it would be “Déjà vu all Over Again.” We have a county government that has jumped from one failure to another.
First it was toxic slag on our gravel roads, then the breakdown of relationships with the other counties in the Eastern Iowa Mental Health and Disabilities Services Region, after that let’s not forget the disrespect shown the Geertz family by the sheriff or the defunding of Special Olympics.
Finally we get to the offensive, homophobic, racist and puerile postings of the Muscatine County jail administrator. By the board members’ and sheriff’s lack of action on this issue, they are saying that they agree with what the jail administrator has posted. The board of supervisors and the sheriff must be held accountable for these actions. To do that, the residents of Muscatine County need to go to the polls this November and vote in new leadership.
Supervisor candidates Edward Askew (District 3) and Henry Marquard (District 4), and sheriff’s candidate Mike Channon will make sure these types of problems will be solved before Muscatine County becomes an embarrassment to our residents and the State of Iowa.
Edward Askew
Henry Marquard
Candidates for the Muscatine
County Board of Supervisors