Well its a horse race now.
Two folks running for Comal County Judge.
So far.
Local attorney to run for Comal County judge
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Longtime local attorney Glen Peterson announced his intention Friday to run for Comal County Judge in 2010.
Peterson, who has operated his own law office in Comal County since 1996, becomes the second person to join the race to replace outgoing County Judge Danny Scheel.
He will run against former county tax assessor-collector and fellow Republican Sherman Krause, who formally announced his candidacy earlier this month.
“I think this county needs to get on a new course,” Peterson said. “It needs fresh ideas, conservative change, and needs to start making some progress.”
The 59-year-old Peterson graduated with a doctorate in law from the University of Akron in 1977 and practiced law for four years before starting his own business as a commercial developer, which he ran from 1983 to 1991. He then continued to work in real estate development for a nonprofit agency in Florida after Hurricane Andrew, from 1993 to 1995, before opening his law practice in New Braunfels in 1996.
Prior to earning his law degree, Peterson also served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam, earning a Bronze Star among other accolades.
“He’s a man of integrity and a man who does what he says he’s going to do,” said longtime friend Warren Mclendon, market president for Jefferson Bank in New Braunfels. “With his experience not only in law, but in his business as a developer, I think he’d make an excellent county judge.”
Peterson said he was prompted to run by a “troubling lack of progress” in the county and would like to see a more progressive county government moving forward in 2010.
If elected, he said he would fight for higher salaries for county employees, put a stop to unfair property tax evaluations and promote more quality of life projects such as bike trails. He also would like to explore more ways to earn county revenue, through budget streamlining, additional county business ventures and increased grant writing.
“I can do this job because I’ve got better ideas, and I know I can pull them off,” he said.
He and Krause will square off in the March 2010 Republican primary, with the winner moving on to run in the November general election.
“It should be a good race,” Peterson said. “The voters need to decide who has the most experience and better qualifications, and who’s going to ultimately serve their best interests.”
