Castle Country Radio held its first “Meet the Candidates – 2022” event in Emery County on June 14 in the Spartan Center at Emery High School.  Voters can listen to the event on KOAL FM 107.3/AM 750 Wednesday night at 5 p.m. or access the event on demand at www.KOALitv.com, both may be accessed through our website at www.castlecountryradio.com.

This Q&A event was held for two hours and each candidate was given two minutes to answer a question. The questions were submitted by email by voters who wanted to get to know the candidates or had concerns on county issues.

The first session featured Republican candidates for Seat A of the Emery County Commission, incumbent Kent Wilson and challenger, Jordan Leonard. Both candidates introduced themselves and answered questions regarding promotion of coal and natural gas, economic development. All the questions presented to the candidates were submitted by voters through email.

One of the questions asked, was how do you fill about your business/work accomplishments? Kent Wilson replied, “I believe for Emery County future, the public lands bill is probably the most important thing we’ve accomplished thus far. It created certainty for us and that’s what Emery County wanted.”

Jordan Leonard was asked the same question, his response, “The expansion of Millsite Golf Course. When I was there, we were able to work with land agencies and CIB and different funding groups to help us develop that project. We were able to get nine holes while I was managing the golf course and it was a task.”

The second session featured the Republican candidates for an Emery County Commission Seat B, incumbent Gil Conover, Doug Stilson and Kevin Jensen. The men were given several questions some regarding how to promote businesses and how to represent the people of Emery County.

There were some technical difficulties at the time of the debate but voters can access the live stream at www.KOALitv.com, both may be accessed through our website at www.castlecountryradio.com

The next meet the candidates will take place again at the Little Theater at Emery High School on June 15 at 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm and will feature the candidates, Shawn Bell and Tyson R. Huntington.