- Dates
- 2012-07-29 – 2012-08-07
- Kind
- Political campaign
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- electionsgovernancerepresentationtransportationpublic-service
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
In July 2012, Gillespie used the Beaver Island Forum to seek reelection and describe his claimed work on county representation, road maintenance, health benefits, a proposed county garage, and the future of Kings Highway.
Evidence limits
This is a candidate’s own campaign account. It is useful evidence of the issues and claims presented to island voters, but it does not independently establish the claimed savings, project schedule, political influence, or election result.
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Sources
- The author described an impending reelection campaign and attributed to his work the road-commission water wagon, estimated county health-plan savings, and support for a new county garage; he also argued that Kings Highway needed continued local representation. The post identifies the author only as Gillespie and presents campaign claims, not audited savings, official project schedules, or an election result.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005273
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Rich Gillespie campaigns for continued county representation, 2012”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-rich-gillespie-county-commission-campaign-2012/, accessed [date], citing Gillespie, “Election Thoughts,” Beaver Island Forum, July 29, 2012..
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