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Articles written by Jerry Sands


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  • Thanks, and sorry to see you go

    Jerry Sands|Mar 11, 2015

    I would like to thank the Electric City Planning Commission that I worked with over the years for all their hard work and long hours spent bringing Electric City to the city it is today. We accomplished a lot of good things together. I was sorry to see Monty Fields, Carl Russell and Ray Clover resign, but I understand why you did. Thank you again. Jerry Sands...

  • Mayor Sands explains his resignation

    Jerry Sands|Feb 18, 2015

    My wife Connie and I retired in 1999 and moved to Electric City from Seattle. We did some investing in the area, did a lot of fishing and I played a lot of golf. Then one day in 2005, Troy Ritter asked if I would consider running for Electric City Council. I finally said yes and was elected and started in 2006. Then in March of 2009, after Mayor Ray Halsey passed away, I became mayor for the last nine months of his term. I was re-elected in November of 2009 for a four-year term and re-elected in 2013. Connie and I have two sons and a daughter...

  • Commissioner stood up for community

    Jerry Sands|Nov 20, 2013

    I’ll make this short because most of the community knows what’s been going on. After the community built a new hospital its reputation and management seems to have gotten worse. At the last three board meetings, the number of unhappy citizens and medical staff has grown immensely to standing room only. The Hospital Board #6 was voted in by the community for the community. When Geary Oliver stood up last night and put a motion on the floor to remove the CEO of Coulee Medical Center, he was standing up for the community. As the saying goes “Do...