The votes came in last night and my hat is off to everyone who ran, everyone who helped in the campaigns, and especially to everyone who won. Congratulations, my best wishes to all of you.
The people of Grants Pass wanted a new city council. They have one. And the new members are all civic-minded, informed, and dedicated people. They will be making decisions in the next few years that will affect this city for a generation. With that in mind, I ask everyone in Grants Pass to get involved, call their councilor in their Ward, ask questions, volunteer, attend meetigns, and vote, vote, vote.
Every city council meeting is televised on public access cable. Information is available on the City of Grants Pass Web site (Grants Pass). The Daily Courier reports on every council meeting. You can stay informed easily. You just have to do it.
As I said in an earlier post, we have young people with dreams in this town. They want to go away to college for advanced degrees, but they want to come back here and start businesses. We cannot fail them! In addition, we have out of work, hungry, desperate people in Grants Pass. We cannot fail them either. You need to find out what you can do. Volunteer, extend your hand. We all need to pull together.
Finally, though I did not win the election, I will stay involved myself, and I will report on what the city council is doing, and what decisions they are making. I will dedicate myself to helping keep you informed.
Thanks,
Grant