Letter from Barb Dulkis

Experience Vital for Clerk Post

The County clerk election this November is an important election. Party lines aside, people need to ask themselves a very important question—in an office which handles very important transactions on a daily basis (DBAs, legal name changes, deed filings and so much more) you need to ask yourself; do you want the office to continue to function, or do you want to run the risk of documents not being recorded/filed accurately or in a timely fashion? This is an office where you learn from the bottom up, not the top down. It is not the responsibility of the office staff to train the county clerk, nor does the staff know all the responsibilities. It is the responsibility of the county clerk and deputy county clerk to train and answer staff questions to ensure transactions are completed correctly, and you can’t do that if you don’t know how to do the job.