Breathtaking symbolism, courtesy of the Floyd County Democratic Party.

The Floyd County Democratic Party held a Precinct Committee caucus this morning at the Knights of Columbus, and Matt Nash reports that former mayor Doug England has been chosen to replace Sam Locke as treasurer.

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Former mayor Doug England named treasurer of Floyd County Democratic Party

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That's an incredible message the Democrats are sending: The man who proposed handing the mayor's office to Irv "Lifelong GOP" Stumler, and whose reign of nepotism during the past two years poisoned the revitalization well, now is rewarded with a position as party apparatchik.

File it under "local Democratic Party death rattles," and ponder the what-ifs should the Republicans ever choose a competent party chairman.  

Open thread: County offices up for grabs include Treasurer, Recorder, Coroner and Surveyor.

The pre-election saga continues as we look at the local races on next week’s ballot.

NAC’s pants-down editorial board still hasn’t been able to reach consensus on how many hallucinogenic drugs it would take to envision Sarah Palin in the Oval Office, so we're randomly tossing out these local contests for discussion.

Previous entries are ...

Open thread: Elections for County Council (at-large) ... and is it relevant for us to know who the candidates support for President?

Open thread: Elections for County Commissioners.

Open thread: Elections for Floyd County Superior Court 2 & 3.

First up today are the remaining county offices, in no particular order: Treasurer, Recorder, Coroner and Surveyor. As before, the Tribune's hard work is more than sufficient to set the table. The newspaper’s questions and answers are extensive, and there’s much to be digested. To avoid the senior editor's initial confusion, know that the current Treasurer's running for Recorder, and the current Recorder is running for Treasurer.

That was easy, wasn't it? All I know for sure at this juncture is that I'll be voting for John Click for Coroner, because it's never a good idea to annoy the person who cares for your teeth, although I'm not sure how far the analogy should be extended ... nah, never mind.

ELECTION Q&A: Floyd County Treasurer
Linda Berger (R)
Betty Buechler (D)

ELECTION Q&A: Floyd County Recorder
Darlene McCoy (D)
Lois Endris (R)

ELECTION Q&A: Floyd County Coroner
Leslie Knable (D)
John Click (R)

ELECTION Q&A: Floyd County Surveyor
Bill Gibson (R - incumbent)
Thomas Boofter (D)