Good morning, congratulations to Mike Kelly on his election as Johnson County Chair.  I have left a congratulatory message for Mike and will be speaking to him today.

Obviously the election results were very disappointing and difficult to fathom the across the board rejection of Republican values and vision for our county and state.

However, that does not give us permission to turn from the task at hand: working for the good of our community, our state and our nation with the fundamental rights of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness as our foundational message.

There is much work to be done at it all begins at the local level.

So stay involved, stay focused on city council, school board, JCCC and the Board of County Commission meetings.  Speak at the public comment time about your concerns as to the decisions that are being made here at the local level.  We must all keep our shoulder the wheel.

And finally, THANK all of you who worked tirelessly on my campaign.  Yes we are all tired, disappointed and discouraged, but keep working, our message at some point will be heard and embraced.

One huge oversight that  I made in yesterday’s Facebook post was not acknowledging and thanking Anna Van Ophem, my scheduler.  Anna did an outstanding job of setting the schedule and making sure I was where I was supposed to be during the campaign.  Hats off to Anna!!!