Flathead County Election News

Wow, what an election year. While I have already voted, and try to tune out all the media hype, it is hard to get away from it. Agreed?

County Commissioner Race: Republican Cal Scott was appointed interim commissioner last April. He was then on the ballot in June to run in this coming election. After many absentee ballots had already been turned in, the Daily Interlake newspaper started disclosing Cal Scott's personal financial problems and inconsistencies in his stated education degrees.

 "Scott said filing for bankruptcy in 2009 doesn’t affect the integrity he feels he brings to the office of county commissioner. 

He and his wife were discharged from $229,154 in unpaid debt. U.S. Bankruptcy Court records showed Scott had accrued unsecured debt on 22 credit cards." Daily Interlake Oct. 3, 2012

Cal says it was "due to the recession". Hmmm, many of us have struggled and continue to struggle in this recession without defaulting on money owed due to our own financial decisions. The newspaper has had a few reports following the educational history of  degrees or lack of from college of this candidate. Cal's education was stated by him as having an engineering degree. He has no degree of any kind, he later was quoted in the newspaper as stating. In the Daily Interlake this past Sunday, October 21, 2012, it was disclosed that apparently Cal Scott perjured himself on the witness stand as stating again, that he had a college degree:

"A transcript of testimony given during a Flathead District Court jury trial in April shows Flathead County Commissioner Cal Scott apparently lied under oath about his education credentials. " Daily Interlake, Oct. 21, 2012

The court testimony was also printed. This is a very serious issue. It could be a criminal matter if someone files charges with the county prosecutor. Cal was appointed interim commissioner during this very trial. Interesting.

Cal Scott did win the primary, it remains to be seen how all the newly disclosed information effects the election. Many already had issue with a commissioner with a serious personal financial history having a say in the country finances.

I for one, will be greatly relieved when all ballots are cast and we know where we sit as a county, state, federal government. It seems real estate activity is on hold while buyers wait for election results giving us a clue as to where our country is headed financially.