County commissioner a three-way race

The race to succeed retiring Benton County Commissioner Linda Modrell has quietly become a three-way contest.

The two major party contenders for the Position 1 seat on the three-person Board of Commissioners, held by Modrell since 1999, were settled in the May primary election. Jerry Jackson, the Republican nominee, ran unopposed, while Anne Schuster bested two other contenders to win the Democratic nomination.

A third candidate entered the race on Aug. 21, when Ed Siener filed papers to run in the Nov. 4 general election as a Libertarian.

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Letter to the GT: Questions remain over school district’s sale of Fair Play School

Ron Highburger asks, "What would you call a person you hired to manage your affairs and they sold a property valued at $3,000,000 plus for a sum of $476,000?"

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