Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Stillwater's Gary Kriesel was re-elected to serve as representative of District 3. Lisa Weik was selected as this year's board chair.
Four members of the Washington County Board of Commissioners were sworn in to office Tuesday after being elected or re-elected in November 2012. Commissioners Gary Kriesel (District 3) and Lisa Weik (District 5) were both re-elected to the board. Weik was selected to serve as board chair in 2013. Commissioner Autumn Lehrke (District 4) will serve as Vice Chair for 2013. RELATED: Washington County: New commissioners are far from rookies Washington County Board Election Results (Updated) Two New Stillwater City Council Sworn In Oak Park Heights Swear In New Mayor, City Councilman Kriesel was elected in November 2004 to represent the residents of District 3, re-elected in 2008 and ran unopposed in 2012. He retired from Xcel Energy after 33 …
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Ted Bearth will be sworn in on Jan. 8, 2012; Bill Pulkrabek plans for the future.
After 13 years, there will be a new county commissioner representing District 2 of Washington County. Longtime Washington County Commissioner Bill Pulkrabek was defeated by challenger Ted Bearth—the results came in early Wednesday morning, with Bearth taking 52 percent of the vote to 47 percent for Pulkrabek. Pulkrabek, 42, has served as a county commissioner since 1999. Before that he was the mayor of Oakdale from 1995 to 1998, a title he received in his mid-20s. Bearth said he has been encouraged to run for the Washington County Board since he first retired from the city council in 2004, but he often dismissed the idea and opted for retirement instead. "It finally got to the point where I was unhappy with what we got so I decided I …
Monday, May 21, 2012
Ted Bearth hopes to represent the northwest corner of Woodbury on the Washington County Board of Commissioners.
Oakdale resident Ted Bearth has announced he’ll challenge Washington County Commissioner Bill Pulkrabek this fall for the District 2 board seat, which the northwest corner of Woodbury along with Oakdale and Landfall. Bearth was first elected to the Oakdale City Council in 1974, and has spent 26 years as either a city council member or mayor. He’s currently the co-chair of the annual Oakdale Summerfest. Patch: What first sparked your interest in getting involved in the community and city politics? Ted Bearth: Having kids that had gotten to the age of playing in athletics. Started coaching there and that led to discussion with the city about fields and that led to the creation of the Oakdale Athletic Association and more involvement with the…
Thor Zippadelli
9:55 pm on Saturday, December 22, 2012
Ya Bill....First of all , Ted will do more in 6 mos. then you did on your entire time served...you are and were an embarrasment to your position and you lost because of the fact that you assaulted a female....which you still havent taken responsibility for....The free ride is over Billy Boy , as is your power trip, talk about a waste of taxpayer money...you are the poster boy for that category! … more ›