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Heimermann, 19, has gained notoriety in a short time
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Jun 09, 2013 08:13am |
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| Author | Josh Lintereur |
| News Date | Wednesday, March 27, 2013 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Sheboygan’s youngest Common Council candidate is hoping to fulfill a dream he’s had since elementary school, when he began following politics the way some kids take to sports.
Now 19, Asher Heimermann says that if elected, he’ll bring a level of “honesty and accountability” that he feels is lacking on the Common Council.
But first, Heimermann, who owns and operates the Sheboygan Daily website, will have to overcome a number of critics, who fear that while ambitious and intelligent, the teen would be a negative presence in City Hall.
As evidence, they point to the considerable political baggage they feel that the teen has accumulated, despite being less than a year removed from high school and never having held elected office.
Heimermann’s alleged misdeeds range from sending crude emails to aldermen and creating a fake Twitter account impersonating former mayor Bob Ryan, to engaging in dubious political fund-raising activities.
Those concerns were enough to convince Sixth District incumbent Bill Wangemann to change his mind about retiring and enter the race this month as a write-in candidate, running against Heimermann and Mark Hermann. The 77-year-old is now believed to be the only sitting alderman to ever run for his own seat through a write-in campaign. |
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