DeShazor Campaign Manager Not Entirely Honest

Challenger takes on 10-year incumbent in Van Buren County Board of Commissioners District 4 Republican primary

"The 4th District, which I would represent if I won, is like a void between Berrien County and Kalamazoo County,'' Walls said. "It does not have a voice.''

Freestone, Walls said, spends half the year in Florida. Freestone declined to comment about the amount of time he spends in Florida.

County issues "come out all year round and we need a county commissioner that can represent the 4th District all year round. And we don't have that,'' Walls said.

Challenger says statement about incumbent wrong

PAW PAW -- A challenger out to unseat an incumbent member of the Van Buren County Board of Commissioners in the Aug. 5 Republican primary election has backtracked from his claim that the incumbent spends six months a year in Florida.

Jef Walls, of Hartford, said his original statement was incorrect but the five meetings that Commissioner Richard Freestone, of Bangor, missed earlier this year accounted for 20 percent of the board's annual meeting schedule.

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Walls, the owner of a Republican consulting firm, served on the Hartford City Commission during the summer of 2006 and is currently a member of the Hartford Planning Commission.

Negative campaigning, misleading information

If you have received one of these flyers or any information about the 61st district race that you find suspicious please report this information and your address to votedeshazor@yahoo.com so we can provide your information to the appropriate authorities. *** Jef Walls Campaign Manager, Team DeShazor