On Tuesday, April 3, WGRE, the Greencastle League of Women Voters, and the Banner Graphic hosted a debate panel for the May primaries coming up. Debating were the republican sheriff candidates, the Putnam County Council—District 3 lone democratic candidate, the Putnam County Commissioner—District 2 republican candidates and lone democratic candidate, and lastly, the Putnam County Recorder lone republican candidate. The debates happened in that order, and a panel of three asked questions: Matty Tinkle from WGRE, Brooke Cox from the League of Women Voters, and Jared Jernigan from the Banner Graphic. Hannah Swarm was a moderator on the panel. The format of the debate was that if there was a contestant within one’s own party, there would be four questions asked,
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Baugh, a more down-to-earth type of person, tried to relate to the community. He did this through telling us about all of the things he has done in the county, especially when it comes to being a 4-H shooting instructor and helping start the DePauw Trap and Skeet Club. This had the opportunity to relate well with the community since so many in Putnam County like to hunt and fish and shoot for leisure. Stockton, on the other hand, took more of an arrogant approach, and talked about all of his successes and how he has helped out other departments. He tried to make it sound like he had done nothing wrong and only helped the community, but as Baugh pointed out, several sheriff’s deputies had actually left under Stockton. Stockton also kept forgetting the time and went over. He made a scene out of this by making jokes, but it almost made it seem like this was not a serious debate to him, although I’m sure it was. This could be a flaw for him come election time because if he is forgetting that, who knows what the voters might think he might also
Baugh, a more down-to-earth type of person, tried to relate to the community. He did this through telling us about all of the things he has done in the county, especially when it comes to being a 4-H shooting instructor and helping start the DePauw Trap and Skeet Club. This had the opportunity to relate well with the community since so many in Putnam County like to hunt and fish and shoot for leisure. Stockton, on the other hand, took more of an arrogant approach, and talked about all of his successes and how he has helped out other departments. He tried to make it sound like he had done nothing wrong and only helped the community, but as Baugh pointed out, several sheriff’s deputies had actually left under Stockton. Stockton also kept forgetting the time and went over. He made a scene out of this by making jokes, but it almost made it seem like this was not a serious debate to him, although I’m sure it was. This could be a flaw for him come election time because if he is forgetting that, who knows what the voters might think he might also