Meet Ken Bullock

I am proud to be from Bannock County. I was born in McCammon, raised on a small farm and went to Marsh Valley where I received lessons in integrity, family values, and hard work. I attended Idaho State University where I received a Business Management, Accounting, and CIS degrees. I raised my family and made a career here. I have been in business and public office for over 40 years. I served as Mayor for 22 years until I accepted the position of County Commissioner for a couple of years. I Have served on local, state, regional, and multi state boards for economic, transportation, and government purposes.

I understand the issues of rural communities. I have worked side by side with all leaders of Bannock County. I appreciate the relationship and dependence of business in Pocatello and Chubbuck. They rely on the workforce and customers residing throughout the region. We have an interdependence upon each other for commerce, entertainment, education, health and safety, and workforce. I believe we need to continue to encourage and foster growth in local Business, State, County, and City opportunities. We need collaboration to secure grants, partnerships, and economic growth while keeping Bannock County a great place to live. 

I believe we need good employer-employee relationships with county employees. My experience has taught me it is more effective to maintain good employees than continuing to find, hire, and train new. I will work closely with department heads in maintaining a fiscally responsible budget. Bannock County needs good relationships with other counties in Southeast Idaho. I promise to work with leaders of communities in those counties. I have served on boards representing multiple counties. Bannock County plays a pivotal role in Southeast Idaho and needs someone with my experience and background to keep us progressing economically, environmentally, and politically. I look forward to the opportunity. I believe in communication, relationships, and working together.

Bannock County plays a pivotal role in Southeast Idaho and needs someone with my experience and background to keep us progressing economically, environmentally, and politically. I look forward to the opportunity. I believe in communication, relationships, and working together

Through my years of service as Mayor and Commissioner, I have felt I do not represent a party. I represent everyone in making necessary decisions. Laws and ordinances have been passed to serve as guidelines to manage matters in the county. Good listening and communication skills are essential to managing the needs, desires, and demands of the county. I will be available and willing to communicate with everyone. People won’t always agree with every decision, but they can understand the process and results better with open communication. We may not always agree, but should be able to understand.

Without being part of the budgeting process, I feel it would be unfair to offer an opinion in specifics in the budget. A lot of work is involved in the budgeting process from input from departments, current and future needs and demands, and matching costs with revenue streams. I have been in budgeting processes throughout my life in business, governmental, and personal ventures. I feel confident in my abilities to add value to the process.

Unfortunately, all county residents can’t be a part of every meeting in the county. The media can play a vital role on sharing the content of public meetings to the world. The process should be open and available. Proper communication in every means should be encouraged between County personnel and the media in the area especially when information needs to be shared with residents.

I have always felt low turnout can mean a variety of reasons. They could all agree with what is going on, they could be totally disgusted and have given up, or they don’t feel part of the process. Whatever the reason, and I leave the analysis to smarter folks than myself, we need to improve on the communication process of getting voters to the polls. Everyone can have a voice in the system and need to feel each voice can and will be heard.