Serving the citizens of
Cascade County as one of
their three County Commissioners
has been my
honor and privilege for the past five years.
Today I am filing for re-election and ask
the voters of Cascade County to extend to
me the opportunity to continue to serve
them as a Commissioner.
Serving as a County Commissioner has
given me the chance to correct problems
and work to improve our quality of life.
Being one of your Commissioners is both
the most frustrating and rewarding position
I have ever held and I thank you for
the chance to have served you.
As I look back over the past five years I
am pleased with the progress we have
made in streamlining county government,
the cost control we have put in place and
the major issues we have been able to address.
I am also very pleased with the
growing teamwork exhibited by the employees
of Cascade County. None of accomplishments
of the past few years could
have occurred without the hard work and
dedication of our employees.
I am however also mindful of the work
yet to come. Budgets are tight for us all,
not only in our homes, but in our businesses
and government as well. Just as we
each have to make difficult decisions in
our own household spending so must government
be looking carefully at every expenditure.
Cascade County and its employees have
done a remarkable job in recent years at
stretching your tax dollars, but we must
do even more to make sure we can continue
to provide the services our citizens
need during these difficult times. We must
also not lose sight of the need to prepare
for our future. The long term solution for
many of our local problems is to create an
environment which provides better paying
jobs for our citizens.
Joe Briggs,
Candidate Cascade County Commissioner

As a Cascade County resident, I filed for the position
of Sheriff for a couple important reasons. The
first is that I have dedicated the last 28 years of my
life serving my country as a member of the Armed
Forces and 20 years to public service as a law enforcement
professional and feel the need to serve is
an important one. The second is that prevailing attitudes
appear to be that of seeing only what cannot
be, rather than seeing what can be. The most important reason I filed for
Sheriff is that I can make a difference.
Having led soldiers in combat I understand the importance of establishing
clear goals, communication, teamwork, compassion and leading from
the front. I carried these same traits with me throughout my years as both
an officer and Sergeant with the Great Falls Police Department.
As the Professional Programs Manager at the Law Enforcement Academy
I have not only taught ethics, community policing and other important
subjects, I have had the opportunity to engage in conversations regarding
policy, use of force, and other issues important to law enforcement.
Having been a Corrections Officer, I also understand what it takes
to spend your days supervising offenders.
I will bring business sense, teamwork and creativity in public service to
the office of Sheriff. By training, resourcing and providing clear guidance
to employees at all levels together we will achieve organizational objectives.
By empowering those same employees to be creative problem
solvers and stakeholders we will take the Sheriff’s office to the next level
together. We will work diligently to not only meet the public safety expectations
of our customers, the residents of Cascade County, but to be
one of the leaders in County government that is here to serve you. We
might even have some fun along the way.
Every active voter is a shareholder in the government offices that exist
to uphold their constitutional rights, services and privileges as tax payers
and citizens. Every election is an opportunity for voters to hold impromptu
shareholder meetings in homes, at work or social settings to discuss
the issues of the day. Among those important issues is whether or
not the people they have entrusted with their votes have given an adequate
return for that investment.
Glen Stinar,
Candidate for Cascade County Sheriff