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Longtime city resident Dan Ferries has registered as a write-in candidate for the 2nd District Onalaska Common Council seat in the wake of incumbent Bob Muth’s decision to withdraw from the race.
Muth said he endorses Ferries, who was Muth’s campaign manager when Muth ran for mayor. Calvin King is Ferries’ campaign treasurer.
Ferries is encouraging voters to write in his name so he receives more votes than Muth, whose name will be listed on the ballot even though he has withdrawn.
“If the write-in doesn’t beat the incumbent, the mayor will appoint someone,” Ferries said. “And I feel it is so important the voters have that choice.”
This is Ferries’ second run for public office. He lost to Ann Fisher for a La Crosse County Board seat in 2003.
He is a part-time bailiff in La Crosse County Circuit Judge Todd Bjerke’s courtroom. Ferries also is one of nine La Crosse County condemnation commissioners.
He was a volunteer firefighter for 10 years and served on the Onalaska Festivals Inc. committee that organizes Sunfish Days.
Ferries said he is running because he wants to see the council continue on its current path.
“The city is moving forward in a positive way, and I want to be a part of the way the council has conducted itself with the budget and the planning they have ahead of them,” he said.
He cited waterfront development, future development along Sand Lake Road and holding the line on budgets as key factors in the city’s continued growth.
As a council member, Ferries said he would be interested in serving on the the library and recreation committees. He also is interested in planning and zoning, partially because he is a landlord and manages property in the city.
Ferries, 55, retired from Fleming Foods after 27 years working in shipping and receiving. He was a member of the Teamsters Union and a contract negotiator.
He and his wife Carol have been married 34 years and they have two grown children, Bryan and Brittany, and a granddaughter, Daisy Lynn.
His community activities include being active in the Sons of the American Legion in Onalaska and in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.
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