Public Forum Brings Some Controversy, Lots of Agreement, and Promises to County Residents

“This is probably the only political forum where none of us are fighting with one another,” Mary Janacaro Hensleigh, candidate for Jefferson County Commissioner, said with a laugh before the October 27 Jefferson County Candidate Forum began.

And it may be true. The candidates (Jefferson County Commissioner: Hensleigh and Dan Hagerty; Sheriff/Coroner Chad Cross and Tom Grimsrud) were nothing but cordial to one another, mainly because of their agreements of what is important in their elected positions: upholding the Constitution, keeping an open-door policy, and transparency of communication on...