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Published August 19, 2008 11:40 pm - Wagoner County Dems to pick commissioner candidate Tuesday
Both contenders for the Democrat runoff for District 2 Wagoner County Commissioner say their experience qualifies them for the job. They just have different types of experience. Jason Rousselot and Chris Edwards will face each other in the runoff Tuesday. The winner will face Republican Doug Disler in November. The commissioner serves a four-year term with no term limits and is paid $56,012 a year, plus a $7,200 annual travel stipend. Rousselot, 46, said his experience with the Wagoner County Election Board, as well as with the U.S. Marines and on the Okay Board of Education, qualifies him to serve as commissioner. “The main issue is who can go to the courthouse and lead the county,” Rousselot said. “People are concerned about roads and bridges. So am I. But the commissioners are the leaders of the county. We’ve got to have the ability to be one of three commissioners leading the county. The county needs someone who can actually lead and also supervise work on roads and bridges.” Edwards. 42, said his main qualification is his experience working with the county. He said he has worked for Wagoner County at various levels for 18 years. “I have worked with three different county commissioner boards,” he said. “I know the work that’s being done with the roads. I know what materials we have to work with.” He said he wants to be more proactive in doing preventive maintenance by doing a better job at sealing and rejuvenating existing roads.” Edwards said the main challenge the county faces is keeping up with the county’s growth. “Wagoner County is one of the top five fastest growing counties in Oklahoma, and that is increasing the traffic on our roads,” he said. “We need to keep up with the demands. We need to build roads to meet the additional demands of the construction equipment. There are parts of the district where oil and gas drilling is going on, but the roads aren’t going to sustain it.” He said he also has talked with a lot of people who want the roadsides kept cleaned and sprayed to kill rapidly-growing Johnson grass. Rousselot said the county must catch up in repairing damage caused by nature over the past four years. “We had drought, an ice storm and two years of serious flooding,” he said. “The commissioner has to be reachable and be proactive. We have to have the commissioners work together and to get the county officials to work together.” 
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