Letter to the editor: Don Benton’s past performance leaves no doubt he is unqualified

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In the recent primary election for the District 5 Clark County Council seat, Sue Marshall’s final vote was 10,012 while Don Benton received 9,546. In a recent edition of The Reflector, Don ran two advertisements claiming he won. 

Boy, are we surprised that Don Benton would be less than truthful about anything. There is an old adage that if you want to know who someone is, look at what they do, not what they say. 

Don Benton has made a career out of half-truths, misdirection and deceit. Remember he is the state senator that screamed vile epithets at a female colleague in the Senate because she took a position with which he disagreed. He obstructed a public project that would have employed thousands and ensured our traffic infrastructure remains functional and safe while claiming to be concerned about families and jobs. That project now will cost billions of dollars more. 

He has spent the last several years sucking off of one or another high paying taxpayer funded position, which he was unqualified for and did not compete for, while he rails against taxes and government regulation.  



Now we find out he is deluded and thinks coming in second place is winning. Maybe his last four years have influenced that thinking.

Don Benton’s past performance leaves no doubt that he is profoundly unqualified for not only the county council seat but any elected position. He claims to be a good “conservative,” so let’s give him a chance to go practice what he preaches and make a living in the private sector. He claims to have had a “consulting business” in the past, no specifics. How about Don going back to his “consulting business”? I’m sure we can be confident that it would have nothing to do with government funds, right? 

Ed Wickersham,

Ridgefield