Lindemann for Eastern District commissioner

Name: Rod Lindemann

Age: 61

Occupation: Eastern District commissioner, Pettis County

Party: Republican

Qualifications: Eight years experience in office, completion of county's first five-year program, county bridge replacement program, storm shelter project.

Issues: Continued budget management, continuation of second five-year road improvement plan, overseeing the storm shelter construction project, continuation of the county's bridge replacement program.

Quote: "I like working with those guys (fellow commissioners) because they like to fix problems. They want to find out things that are not working and make them work. Basically ... over the last eight years ... we have made lots and lots of improvements."