Post Election Initial Thoughts

As the results came in on Tuesday, the anxiety level was high. I had been working hard trying to get my message out to the citizens for over a year. Was the hard work going to pay off? Did my message and platform align with the wants, needs, and desires of the citizens I hoped to represent?

In the end it did, and I won my bid for the Zone 1 Seat of Springfield City Council. I consider this a privilege that deserves the utmost attention. While it deserves the utmost attention, the reality of my victory set in - I believe - with a phone call from the newly elected Mayor. It was a call congratulating me on the victory. He began discussing the fact that he looked forward to working with the council, and that there is a lot of work to be done.

He is absolutely right, and I look forward to offering my thoughts and opinions to the scenarios that the city is and will be facing. I also look forward to being an ear to the citizens that have something to offer to the city and its issues.

In short, with the victory on Tuesday night comes a responsibility that by no means is going to be easy, but one with the reward of knowing that I have the ability to be on a Council that is beginning with virtually a clean slate regarding its reputation, and one that I firmly believe can accomplish many tasks with dignity and integrity. That is what this city needs, and that is what the citizens deserve.