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County councilman seeks position as recorder

By Brianne Eichman
Staff writer
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Published: Thursday, January 26, 2012 5:04 PM CST
La PORTE — Second district County Councilman Earl Cunningham announced he will seek the position of County Recorder this spring.

Cunningham said taxpayers — and saving them money — are the main reasons he wants to be the county's recorder.

"I am committed to putting the taxpayers first," he explained.

His intention to run is followed with a guarantee that he will save the taxpayers money over one term.

"If I can't save the taxpayers $100,000 in one term, I will personally pay the difference," said Cunningham.

With this promise, Cunningham said he believes he can save the county even more, and would take the position to prove that point.

Cunningham said he will only seek the position of County Recorder for one term.

As a lifelong resident of La Porte County, Cunningham said he has held nearly 20 different jobs, with the purpose of familiarizing himself to the county's diversity.

His long list of jobs includes teaching business law, math, coaching and assistant coaching Michigan City area schools, teaching Driver's Education, working on his grandfather's farm, working on an assembly line at Allis-Chalmers, working on several construction jobs, as well as being in insurance sales, a real estate broker and working for the United State Government in Africa.

He has also been a county councilman for five years and believes he and the council have worked hard to save the county money.

"I believe I have proven, during my five years on the council, that I am responsible to the taxpayers, not the party, and will continue to work across the aisle," said Cunningham.

Cunningham said he has nothing bad to say about the current County Recorder, John Stimley.

"My job would be to do the same thing he's doing, saving the taxpayers money," said Cunningham.

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Stimley seeks second term as recorder

Published: Friday, February 3, 2012 5:06 PM CST
County Recorder Johnny Stimley will seek a second term in office four years after his successful bid for the post in 2008.

Stimley, who refers to himself as "a staunch supporter" of the Democratic Party, owns Ryan's Irish Pub in Michigan City. He's also president of the Coolspring Democratic Club and a precinct committeeman.

One accomplishment he's most proud of during his first term is initiating an eight-hour turnaround on all recorded documents. He also pointed to one project where the recorder's office installed a video-surveillance system in 2011 in cooperation with the sheriff's office to "stop mischief and secure vital documents" stored in the remote records vault, which is open to public access.

Stimley's community involvement includes starting the city's St. Patrick's Day parade nine years ago, organizing the Washington Park Zoo 5K Run and Walk and serving as chair of the local Soap Box Derby for the last six years.

He also is a member of 25 clubs and organizations.

If elected, Stimley asserted he and his staff will continue "to work on enhancing the safe keeping of all documents" and "continue the project of back indexing and handling all future projects with efficiency."

— From staff reports