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Published March 21, 2009 09:50 pm - GALENA, Kan. — One might get the impression at some Galena City Council meetings that Dale Oglesby and David Sizemore don’t like each other. Oglesby, the mayor, and Sizemore, a councilman, said that would be mistaken. They say they simply disagree with each other, but don’t dislike each other. Sizemore is challenging Oglesby for top city post in the April 7 election. The election ballot also includes a few other contested city races and several school board races.
Galena mayor’s race highlights ‘management differences’
By Roger McKinney
rmckinney@joplinglobe.com
GALENA, Kan. — One might get the impression at some Galena City Council meetings that Dale Oglesby and David Sizemore don’t like each other.
Oglesby, the mayor, and Sizemore, a councilman, said that would be mistaken. They say they simply disagree with each other, but don’t dislike each other.
Sizemore is challenging Oglesby for top city post in the April 7 election. The election ballot also includes a few other contested city races and several school board races.
Sizemore, 61, is retired as a production superintendent with a chemical plant in California. He graduated from Galena High School. He returned to Galena in 1996. He was appointed to his council position in January 2007. This is his first campaign for an elected position.
Oglesby, 55, is in the insurance salvage business. He attended Missouri Southern State University, Joplin. He has lived in Galena nearly 20 years. He is finishing his fourth, nonconsecutive term as mayor and also served on the Galena City Commission.
At a recent meeting, Sizemore accused Oglesby of deliberately not informing him of a meeting with Missouri American Water Co. officials until just before the meeting was about to start. Oglesby said Sizemore’s claim was a political stunt, and that Sizemore had been informed of the meeting several days beforehand.
Oglesby said if he’s given another term as mayor, he would focus on improving the town’s infrastructure and economic development. He said that would include seeing through construction of a medical office building that has started.
“I want to keep the push on economic development that we’ve got going,” Oglesby said.
He said he also has been in talks with an environmentally friendly industry about moving to Galena.
Sizemore said he would help the city departments to work cooperatively. He said he also would emphasize equipment maintenance and upgrade playground equipment in city parks. He said he would like to start an incentive program for building new homes in town.
Sizemore said he doesn’t think Oglesby spends enough time working as mayor, though it doesn’t pay anything. He said the town needs a mayor who sometimes is in city hall.
“I just don’t think he spends the time necessary to do the job,” Sizemore said. “He doesn’t work good with the City Council. He ignores us. It’s not personal. People can’t contact him.”
Oglesby said it’s a not a full-time position and that Sizemore would be too involved with how city department heads operate.
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