Monday, August 30, 2010

Ribble, Residency Question?

Did I miss something last week? From the Appleton Post Crescent

The Ribble poll was made public Thursday morning and was welcomed news for a candidate trying to overcome questions about his residency in the district and his immigration stance.

Who asked him about his residency? Where was it reported about his residency? Oh, you mean the post over at the Party of Know from the August 27th article from J S Online?

At the end of the article, the JS lists some short bio material on each candidate. Here's the entry for Reid Ribble...

Reid Ribble

Age: 54

Address; time in district: 1959 Schuring Road, De Pere; 30 years.

Occupation: Full-time candidate; previously owned roofing and recording companies.

Elective offices: None.

Other government experience: None.

Education: Graduated from Appleton East High School; attended Grand Rapids School of Bible and Music, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Family: Married, two children.


So what? Well, first of all their is no 'Shuring Road' in De Pere so I can only assume they mean 'Scheuring Road', right? Well? According to Google Maps, '1959 Scheuring Road' is a lot next to the Community First Credit Union in an area zoned commercial. Here's the Google Maps streetview of 'Reid's address'...
If you go to his post you can see a picture of Ribble's residence.

Wait a minute.

Where does he live?

Sherwood which is in the 6th Congressional district or in the 8th Congressional district?

He's lived in the 8th district for 30 years?

So when Reid was 24, he moved to DePere?

Where did J S Online get their information? Maybe Dan Bice should clarify the article information. Should or did they already come out with a correction to their article?

What I read or heard from WTAQ's Jerry Bader's debate of the three candidates last Friday, Jerry and the other three people posing questions didn't bring it up. That was disappointing.

Will someone in the media please put this question to bed. If Ribble lives in the 6th and it's no big deal to the voters, fine, admit it! If he lives at the above address ( an empty lot) in DePere, then fine too. Why would the Ribble campaign give out different information? Where does he live? Will Mr. Ribble put out a press release to clarify this? I would say, don't hold your breath.

This has to be addressed before the primaries or you will see it as an October surprise.

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