Leisch joins race for commissioner

Michael Leisch has entered the race for one of two Hot Springs County Commissioner seats.

Michael Leisch is a life-long resident of Hot Springs County having grown up in Hamilton Dome.

Leisch has been a local business owner for the past 20 years as a certified tax professional (not a CPA), but has also worked in farming and ranching, the oilfield, radio and television and as a postal clerk. He also worked for Lockheed Aircraft as a flight test analysis engineer.

A fiscal conservitive, Leisch has served as past president of the Wyoming Association of Professional Accountants and as a member of the Hot Springs County School District’s Board of Directors.

“I have no axe to grind,” Leisch said. “I think groups should be able to talk things out. I hear a lot of rumors about this department not getting along with that department, but sometimes you need to compromise, not fight and argue.

“Sometimes you have to give things up to get things done.”

While he has no platform, Leisch does have a couple of things he would like to see done if he is elected.

One is to save a historic trail that runs past the Thermopolis sign on top of the mountain east of town and see the indian writing, also east of town, protected as a historical landmark.

Leisch feels he could be an asset to the commission as he is updated on all the newest tax laws and any changes that are forthcoming.