I thought my 29 was bad.

There’s a big story in Dodge County right now about a local supervisor who poleaxed his political career by noting that it’s unconstitutional for the 37-member board on which he sits to make a habit of publicly praying to Jesus before meetings.

Here’s what I pray for: some insight into why a place with far more cows than people needs 37 county supervisors in the first place.

But, that is not all to this story…

Fuller, come to find, was elected last April as a write-in candidate with one vote. One.

Only in Wisconsin, I figure – where there are more unnecessary boards than you’d find in a bankrupt lumber mill – can a guy, if he is so inclined, single-handedly elect himself to office. Not that Fuller didn’t have a little competition. Three other people also received one write-in vote. Well, two people, actually, and Papa Smurf.

Yep, “Papa Smurf was one,” Fuller said. “But they had to eliminate him. That’s how sad the situation is.”

Neither Papa nor the other write-ins showed up for a drawing from a hat after the election. So Fuller – who won’t confirm he was the guy who wrote in his own name but clearly didn’t put much thought into a campaign either way – got the job by default.

 Dodge County also has 24 Towns,  11 Villages, and 8 Cities.

They can have an elected official in every home!

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