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During the last 10 years it’s been my pleasure to serve Bonner County as a court bailiff and a county commissioner. During the 2016 election, Dan McDonald was overwhelmingly elected commissioner and Bonner County has greatly benefitted from his experience and “can-do” attitude.

During the last 21 months as a result of our discussions and decisions the board of commissioners has reduced the county budget by nearly $12 million. We’ve been able to restructure and improve our county departments while maintaining a high level of service and reducing cost by almost $250,000. We’ve taken steps to ensure our highly skilled and well trained county employees have competitive wages and benefits and continue working for Bonner County despite being highly sought after by other businesses and government agencies. All of these cost saving changes in county government were supported by and indeed most of them were initiated by Dan McDonald — that’s why I support his re-election.

GLEN L. BAILEY

Sandpoint

Bonner County

commissioner