Stuffle­bean filed his state­ment of jus­ti­fi­ca­tion today thereby com­mit­ting the County to incur­ring up to $60,000 to pay for a spe­cial election.

STATEMENT of jus­ti­fi­ca­tion from KEVIN STUFFLEBEAN

Dur­ing these tough eco­nomic times, Coos County has had to make severe cut­backs to sur­vive. I was elected to make these dif­fi­cult and unpop­u­lar deci­sions and I have not shirked that responsibility.

At the very time when we are fac­ing a short­fall of more than $1 mil­lion, a special-interest group has lev­eled false alle­ga­tions against me in order to force a recall elec­tion cost­ing the tax­pay­ers approx­i­mately $60,000.00.

As your com­mis­sioner, I had to make nec­es­sary reduc­tions and then I pitched in to work with depart­ment employ­ees to make impor­tant infra­struc­ture improve­ments. These steps are what you expect from your com­mis­sioner and ones I was will­ing to take.

Mak­ing unpop­u­lar but impor­tant deci­sions is part of a commissioner’s job. Because some very tough deci­sions have been made, Coos County is in a bet­ter posi­tion than other coun­ties, and it’s my goal to con­tinue to guide the county through this eco­nomic storm.

I pledge to con­tinue to look out for all Coos County res­i­dents, unlike these few dis­grun­tled peo­ple who are try­ing to push the county off course with their false alle­ga­tions. I urge you to VOTE NO and help me keep Coos County mov­ing forward.

Respect­fully,

Kevin Stuffle­bean

It does appear some­one helped with the gram­mar, thank good­ness, how­ever the tenor of the let­ter is typ­i­cal of Stuffle­bean. For exam­ple he accuses the recall com­mit­tee of mak­ing false alle­ga­tions but does not clar­ify what they are leav­ing the reader hang­ing. He accuses the group of being a spe­cial inter­est group (isn’t every recall com­mit­tee?) but does not clar­ify the ‘inter­est’ nor does he address any of the con­cerns of the com­mit­tee namely transparency.