September, 2008

I declared my candidacy for reelection quite early, back in February, and fully expected that others would be joining the race and that we would have a spirited campaign this fall. And a newcomer did surface, cleverly using the fact that he wasn’t well known to attract attention! So it was quite a surprise that when the filing deadline arrived, not a single other person filed for mayor – I am unopposed!

I consider that both good news and bad news. It is great to know that I will be serving for another two years, but it also means that there will not be a debate among candidates and the opportunities for public input are not as great.

Because I do think getting community input through dialog is very important to my ability to be an effective leader, I will continue campaigning. It won’t be a full-blown effort, but I want to take advantage of opportunities for presenting my positions and getting feedback. Morgan Hill is a great community because we do work together so well, we can’t lose that momentum.

I am proud of all that we’ve accomplished and we’ve initiated many new projects in the last two years as well. So our emphasis now is not on undertaking new things, it is more on finishing what we’ve started.

With my leadership, we will complete our many ongoing efforts to make Morgan Hill better. I invite you to explore my website to get more familiar with me and with what has been accomplished and is underway in our community. And I gladly welcome any input you wish to provide!

Thanks!