LIVE: Local Candidate Speeches - Weber County Republican Convention.

Jan Zogmaister - County Commissioner - She wants feedback from everyone so she can give us what is important. On the website they have listed their goals for the next 4 years and want all of us to look and give feedback and how we can improve it.

Ernest D. Rowley - County Recorder/Surveyor - Reducing our costs by $4,000 a year by moving to a paperless system. Made many policy changes to make recording titles easier and more efficient.

John Ulibarri - Assessor - Talking about the things he has done to save us money and also that he wants our respect.

Darcy Kruitbosch - Treasurer - Husband is introducing her. Has 18 years experience and doesn't ask for endorsments. We should change people when we are still happy with them, not when we are made with them. Invoked the memory of Thomas Jefferson.

Jon Bond - Treasurer - Nila Dayton nominated him. Jon says he has kept our money safe, refinanced our bonds to drop our tax burden by $1.3 million and received a AAA Bond Rating. Only one of three counties that have this. Reduced printing cost by $20,000 for tax notices.

Clerk/Auditor - Ricky Hatch - Top Priority - Make Election Process the best in the state and improve Audit system to ensure no money is lost. - Masters in Account with 18 years experience. Just called Auditor and Clerk as Sexy Office.

Clerk/Auditor - Alan D McEwan - Incumbent Auditor, 30 year CPA and has three points. 1. Experienced in all functions, 2. Don't use tax payers money to find projects 3. balanced the budget.

Sheriff - Brett Haycock - 23 years experience in the Sheriff's office, thanking former sheriffs for helping him get to where he is today. Thanking everyone, family, etc. Lots of thanks. Saying "I WILL" a lot, sounds like an Obama "YES WE CAN" speech.

Sheriff - Terry Thompson - Sheriff Slater endorses Mr. Thompson for the 28th Sheriff of Weber County. Loves Law Enforcement, wants to protect us. Let us do the right thing for the right reasons.

Commissioner - Kerry Gibson Introduced by all his kids and wife. Knows hard work because of his youth on a dairy farm. Nothing can be accomplished without reaching across divides. As a former legislator he knows how to do this. will never vote for a wage increase nor a tax increase.

Commissioner - Bischoff - Endorsed by Craig Deardan. Very emotional and sounds defeated. Says he lobby ed for the triple A bonds and consolidated the 911 services and building services to lower costs.