Dear Editor: Support for Janacaro-Hensleigh as Commissioner

Dear Editor,

There are four individuals running to replace Leonard Wortman as Jefferson County Commissioner and there are many good things to be said about all of them.

Leonard Wortman did an excellent job as Jefferson County Commissioner for quite a few years. I want to thank him for the job he did, but it leaves us with an election and a decision for a new County Commissioner.

Mary Janacaro-Hensleigh has served the town of Whitehall as Mayor for several years. She is running for the County Commissioner job and has much experience in local politics. One of Mary’s main strengths is her willingness to listen. So often politicians are more interested in what they have to say than what they want to hear. Mary will listen carefully to what you have to say and blend that with what she has been told by others and implement what she believes is best for the county.

If Mary is elected as the new Jefferson County Commissioner, I am sure she will keep the same practice of listening to her constituents in serving the county as she did in serving the town of Whitehall as Mayor. When it is time to vote, I would keep that skill in mind and how she would serve the citizens of Jefferson County as Commissioner.

Dave Torgerson

Whitehall, Montana