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You’re invited!
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Date: Sunday, October 3, 2010
Time: 1:00—5:00
Location: Lions Park gazebo next to the Community House
What: Join us for burgers and dogs, purchase raffle tickets, listen to music, visit with friends.
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Lunch is free ~ donations accepted.
Come join us in supporting Wendy in her quest to become the next Clerk of the District Court.
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Buy a chance to own this beautiful quilt fashioned and donated by Debbie Smith. The purple theme matches the Purple Machine. Support the candidacy of Wendy Soto for District Court Clerk. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. The drawing will be held October 23, 2010. Tickets will be available at the Meet the Candidate BBQ on Oct. 3rd — or mail or call to buy yours today!
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Sponsored by the Committee to Elect Wendy Soto. Mail or call to buy tickets today!
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Friday 9/24
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Saturday & Sunday 9/25 – 9/26
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Monday 9/27
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Contribute to Wendy’s campaign via PayPal!
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CHEYENNE — Already made your pick on who should be the next governor? Cast your ballot ahead of time, starting today.
That’s the way of nearly half of Laramie County voters, according to County Clerk Debbye Lathrop.
Absentee voting will be held the atrium of the Laramie County Governmental Complex, 309 W. 20th St.
Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The last day of absentee voting in the atrium is Nov. 1.
Voters can register anytime, on site and on Election Day.
Registered voters also can vote from home. Ballots must arrive at the Laramie County Clerk’s Office by 7 p.m. Nov. 2 to be counted.
Not sure if you’re a registered voter? No problem: In Wyoming, you can take care of that at the polls.
Those who are waiting until Election Day can find their polling place on the website of the Laramie County Clerk’s Office: www.laramiecountyclerk.com/elections.aspx.
Races this year for voters in Laramie County include two seats apiece on the Cheyenne City Council and Laramie County Commission. Voters also will decide if the commission should be expanded from three to five members.
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Friday – Saturday / September 17 – 18:
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Have a great weekend!
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CHEYENNE — The retirement of 30-year veteran Laramie County Clerk of District Court Gerrie Bishop has opened the door for two candidates with a passion for records.
Democrat Wendy Soto and Republican Sandy Landers come to the table with resumes full of experience.
The clerk of district court is responsible for maintaining the records of all cases filed in the First Judicial District Court dating back to 1890. The clerk oversees the staff of the office, processes cases and court-ordered payments, as well as administrative appeals to the Wyoming Supreme Court.
Landers, a 38-year employee of the clerk’s office, currently serves as the chief deputy. She was appointed to the position in 1982 and carries out the responsibilities of the district court clerk when she is unavailable.
“I feel like I’ve served the public for 38 years, and I want to continue that in another capacity,” Landers said.
Soto said she hopes to bring her energy and experience to the office with a new perspective.
“I have always been a public servant in my career, and I’m very proud of that,” Soto said. “I’m the only candidate who can bring a fresh face and a diverse perspective.”
Soto currently serves as the executive secretary to the State Board of Equalization. In that capacity, she serves the clerk of court function for the state tax court.
Both women say they are ready to continue the technological progress the clerk’s office has made recently with the development of a statewide computer records system set to go live in 2012.
Landers serves on a committee with representatives from all 23 counties to take the best part of each district’s computer system and put it into one.
“We don’t want to go backward,” she said. “We’re trying to cover all the good aspects of the computer system.”
Soto said she built a similar system “from the ground up” at the Board of Equalization.
“My plan would be to work with the public servants who are already there working on the project and be able to contribute my experience and expertise,” she said.
If elected, Soto hopes to bring all the office’s stakeholders together to talk about what work works well and what could use improvement.
“I think it is wise as a new administrator to go and meet with the people who have been doing the work,” Soto said. “I think it’s a good opportunity for someone who is fiscally conservative to look at the budgets and evaluate that.”
Soto has worked in the legal field as a paralegal for private practice attorneys and is currently working on her master’s degree in public administration.
“I’m looking forward to serving the public in a greater capacity,” Soto said. “I think it’s a big responsibility.”
Landers said her time spent in the district court clerk’s office puts her a step above and would make the transition especially smooth.
“I feel like I’m the best candidate because I actually have hands-on experience,” she said. “I feel that matters a lot.”
Landers began her career in the clerk’s office when she was a 17-year-old bookkeeper. She has since worked in almost every capacity within the office.
“I don’t feel I could probably walk in Wendy’s shoes in her office,” Landers said. “With her not working here — I think it would be difficult for her to come in also.”
Soto said change is something she’s very accustomed to, but she understands that it can be difficult for people.
“My goal would be to have as open a door as possible for the staff and do what I can to put their minds at ease,” she said. “I have no intention of coming in and making wholesale changes without knowing or understanding how those changes would impact the workflow and the people who work there.”
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Friday — Sunday (September 10 — 12):
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Have a great weekend!
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WE WON THE PRIMARY for Laramie County Clerk of District Court! Now we are off to the general election on November 2, 2010. You have made this campaign successful and my election bid real. Thank you for Vote Soto parties, displaying yard signs, canvassing neighborhoods, contributing financially and voting.
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Throughout the primary, the Vote Soto team toured Laramie County in an effort to raise awareness for the campaign. We attended Albin Days, Burns Days and Trail Days parades, and Friday Nights on the Plaza, not to mention all the Frontier Days activities. I have been on Channel 13 TV, given speeches at the Juneteenth celebration, the Laramie County League of Women Voters pie social, and there are many more events planned as we continue to work diligently to earn the support of Laramie County voters. Many of us have been walking neighborhoods to meet voters face to face and will keep at it as we approach the general election on November 2, 2010. Each hand I shake and brochure left on a doorstep is another opportunity to let Laramie County voters know what I will do for them as District Court Clerk.
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This final stretch will be a real head to head challenge. I promise you I will work even harder, reach out to more voters, volunteers, and donors, all those who provide the support to make this campaign a success. Your invaluable additional assistance will get us all the way and we will win this race. You can help in a number of ways: financial contributions, canvassing neighborhoods, sponsoring advertising, writing letters to the editor, or attending events with brochures and sporting a “Vote Soto” t-shirt.
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Contributions can be mailed to:
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The Committee to Elect Wendy Soto
PO Box 4254
Cheyenne, WY, 82003
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Donations are also accepted by credit / debit card on the Contact / Contribute page
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As a token of appreciation, the first thirty supporters who donate $30 or more will receive a “Vote Soto” T-Shirt as shown here:
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If you are interested in volunteering for this exciting campaign, please contact Wendy at Wendy.Soto.DCC@bresnan.net or Susan Lewis at Susan.Lewis@gowyo.com.
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To learn more about the campaign please look around the website, which is full of information highlighting my goals for the office. Additional information about me can also be found at the following websites:
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With the continued support of Team Soto, we will win this campaign and lay the foundation for a modern, streamlined, more customer friendly Clerk of the District Court office.
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With heartfelt thanks,
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Wendy
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Monday – Meet & Greet Opportunity
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Labor Day
I hope you all have a chance to relax and celebrate Labor Day, the American worker, and his/her contribution to our society.
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From the U.S. Department of Labor:
Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.
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The vital force of labor add[s] materially to the highest standard of living and the greatest production the world has ever known and has brought us closer to the realization of our traditional ideals of economic and political democracy. It is appropriate, therefore, that the nation pay tribute on Labor Day to the creator of so much of the nation’s strength, freedom, and leadership — the American worker.
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Enjoy your holiday,
Wendy
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Wendy Soto
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