Kelly Jensen

17) Kelly Jensen for County Clerk (Indp.)**
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Kelly Jensen for Park County Clerk!
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Kelly Jensen for Park County Clerk!
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Kelly Jensen for Park County ClerkA county clerk candidate with a vision!Kelly Jensen is out campaigning aggressively getting votes from Park County residents and she's got my vote without even personally talking to me (yet).She is an Independent (I know many of you will be shocked that I would endorse someone without an R) and the basis of her campaign is bring the clerk's office to the people.She currently serves in the City of Cody administration.

In a recent article in the Cody Enterprise, she mentioned how that she recently e-mailed the county clerk's office about getting a copy of the budget emailed to her.The reply was that she would have to go to the courthouse and pay $5 to get a copy of the budget.She went on to say that if you e-mail the city with a request for the city's yearly budget, they will e-mail a copy to you for free.

Meanwhile, incumbent Republican Karen Carter believes that experience alone is the issue of the campaign.All the procedures are spelled out in state law.Somehow, I doubt that state law prohibits the use of e-mail and internet technology to make things easier for the county resident.

If experience alone is the issue, Kelly Jensen does have a masters degree in Public Administration and she serves as administrative services director in the City of Cody.

Employees were told their duties last week might differ from what they normally included, said Kelly Jensen, Cody's administrative services director.

"Some of us were sitting here all night filling coolers full of water," she said."But that's part of what happens."

Finding air conditioners during a 105-degree heat wave was a typical challenge a city worker might have faced during the week, she said.The team effort included city employees from all departments, as well as help from staff at Northwest College in Powell and the Park County Homeland Security office.

"The college food service people were phenomenal," Jensen said.They provided hundreds of meals to law enforcement and city workers in Cody and Powell, four times each day, she said.

Alex Gisoldi, coordinator of the Park County Homeland Security office, assisted with logistics, Jensen said.