Third in a series
Re “A City Clerk with Measurable Pride in Her Profession”
[img]2994|right|Donesia Gause||no_popup[/img]Dateline Carson – Not only should a city clerk be impartial, said the city clerk of Carson, “but the clerk has an obligation to residents to safeguard public records and to assure residents that we have an open and honest government.
“Residents should know they can depend on the city clerk,” Donesia Gause told a reporter, “to assure that contracts, documents and records that are entrusted to our office are safely kept.
“No potential compromise at all.
“Further, the residents of Carson should know that we conduct our job in such a way that we are not beholden to any particular political cause or person. We must be fair and equitable.”
Ms. Gause, appointed to her position three years ago this month when the longtime clerk of Carson became disabled, is running for election in less than three weeks against the city’s longtime mayor, Jim Dear.
There cannot be a more intriguing community election in the United States, the dynamic 62-year-old CEO of this lively community competing against a 35-year-old woman who is textbook officeholder.
Bright, demure, professional and somberly determined, the March 3 rivals could not be anyone unalike if one were from the moon and one from the sun.
Since Mr. Dear probably is known in every household and Ms. Gause in few, it should be known she potentially is a smooth, disciplined powerhouse in the making.
Whether she can take down politically muscular Mr. Dear, though, is to be determined.
Racial language has invaded this race because one is black and one is white. What a pity.
On their own merits, Mr. Dear and Ms. Gause are powerfully compelling and contrasting personalities who would attract the attention of a nation if people cared to peek in.
(To be continued)
