Bearth Has 'A Lot to Learn,' Pulkrabek Unsure of Future Plans
Ted Bearth will be sworn in on Jan. 8, 2012; Bill Pulkrabek plans for the future.
After 13 years, there will be a new county commissioner representing District 2 of Washington County. Longtime Washington County Commissioner Bill Pulkrabek was defeated by challenger Ted Bearth—the results came in early Wednesday morning, with Bearth taking 52 percent of the vote to 47 percent for Pulkrabek. Pulkrabek, 42, has served as a county commissioner since 1999. Before that he was the mayor of Oakdale from 1995 to 1998, a title he received in his mid-20s. Bearth said he has been encouraged to run for the Washington County Board since he first retired from the city council in 2004, but he often dismissed the idea and opted for retirement instead. "It finally got to the point where I was unhappy with what we got so I decided I …
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Thor Zippadelli
9:55 pm on Saturday, December 22, 2012
Ya Bill....First of all , Ted will do more in 6 mos. then you did on your entire time served...you are and were an embarrasment to your position and you lost because of the fact that you assaulted a female....which you still havent taken responsibility for....The free ride is over Billy Boy , as is your power trip, talk about a waste of taxpayer money...you are the poster boy for that category! … more ›