Comments on: Ullman Ousted, Case In Line For Appointment

By: davis

davis — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:46:44 +0000

Rick
May 16, 2012, said:

“I cannot understand how Sharon could have allowed herself to self implode so completely and so quickly.”

Why? This self-imploding act has become a regular spectacle in this state! Doesn’t take long to come up with a list………….

By: Follow up to Where is the Attorney General

Follow up to Where is the Attorney General — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:59:34 +0000

To Brian Vermillion: To be clear, the Dynamis fiasco was started by Fred Tilman. The first meetings were with Tilman. He then brought Rick Yzaguirre into the mix and eventually Sharon Ullman. Sharon undertook the laboring oar after Tilman left office. I think all of them have some strange tie to Dynamis and Lloyd Mahaffey that motivated their backroom shenanigans.

By: Eric T

Eric T — Fri, 18 May 2012 03:17:01 +0000

Having Case appointed and serve with SU for 6 months would be pretty fun to watch.

By: Thomas M Howell

Thomas M Howell — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:19:04 +0000

As the Democrat opposing Mr. Case, I can let you know that I will be giving him a good race to November no matter whether he is appointed or not. Appointing him to Commissioner Bisterfeldt’s seat, you have to admit, would possibly be a brilliant political move. It would also put an opposing voice to the Dynamis project on the commission now versus after the November election. That being said there will also be plenty of opportunity for Mr. Case to provide my campaign with much more to run against as well.

EDITOR NOTE–we hope to have the three names in the next few hours. Also, Howell makes a good point. While the Repubs may have hijacked the primary, the general election is still a race to be considered.

By: Brian Vermillion

Brian Vermillion — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:35:26 +0000

There must be some link between Ullman and dynamis. Maybe the details will become available now as the deal is probably headed for collapse.

By: current employee

current employee — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:56:48 +0000

The governor’s race was another one of her sick egotistical stunts. She just gets appointed as a commissioner and is immediately out rallying for governor. Evidently a commish role was not enough power and control for her. The fact she even thinks she is qualified is sad. What comes around goes around, it just took longer with more damage by her to get there. Let’s now look forward to a better Ada County with new leadership.

By: Paul M

Paul M — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:09:27 +0000

Fred Tilman is the one that started the whole Dynamis disaster. I for one don’t want anyone involved in this scam sitting on the commission.

By: Kappa TA

Kappa TA — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:53:03 +0000

Something to consider: Former Ada Commish Fred Tilman lost his bid for House Seat 22B. If he still lives in Commissioner District 3, he might be a possible temporary pick for Commish Bisterfeldt’s vacant seat, unless there are legalities preventing him from assuming a seat he already held and lost or he is not interested.

By: Aron Shullman

Aron Shullman — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:40:25 +0000

I say good bye and good riddance to Sharon Ullman.She got what she deserved for disgracing the citizens of Ada County all over the news stations last winter.Maybe now things can get done. Dynamis deal should be looked into as an alternative, greener energy. Only as long as it is viable as a less expensive form of energy, that benefits the taxpayers.Self sustaining departments such as the landfill and fair/expo, are still publicly owned. I read an article by Sharon, stating that since the landfill was a self sustaining department, it never used tax dollars. Truth is, in essence, any profit made by the county belongs to the constituents. Adios Sharon, maybe you can try the Governors race again.

By: Dean Gunderson

Dean Gunderson — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:58:50 +0000

I’m not inclined to give an individual, who has already declared an intent to run for a specific office, the advantage of an incumbency. The argument concerning a leg-up on budgetary issues belies a lack of faith (or belief) in the democratic process. No one should be “gifted” a campaign advantage; which will provide no advantage to the taxpayer. All the folks who are running for an open seat should remove themselves from consideration for a temporary appointment — to do otherwise belies a fundamental disrespect of the citizenry.

EDITOR NOTE–Good point and well stated. This case (no pun intended) is unusual due to the redistricting and the fact the appointee would have to live within the existing (old) Bisterfeldt district. I believe Case qualifies on that count and given the political realities, he will likely win in November. That said, we must acknowledge Thomas Howell will be the Demo opponent who ran unopposed in the primary. Another reality, it is the Repub party providing the names to a Repub Guv.