A great accomplishment should not be the end of the road ...

Two years ago, on February 3, 2022, I sat here at my desk and composed what would be the first of over 104 Mayor’s Messages printed in our Darien Direct Connect. Over the course of that two-year period, I worked to convey information that, for the most part is unrelated to the City’s governmental operations, but rather provide messages that were of a more personal nature. My goal was to compose messages that while they were my recounting of events from my own life, others could relate to their lives.

Now, two years and 104 messages later, I feel a sense of accomplishment and a feeling of pride that I have been able to compose weekly messages that so many people have enjoyed. Your response has been overwhelmingly positive, and many of you have expressed how these messages gave you pause to consider occurrences as well as people from you own lives. Truth be told there have been several who have told me they skip my messages, and only read the information they consider “important.” Personally, that is their choice, so I will continue to compose material that has a message; that we who work for the benefit of our residents, face and deal with many of the life issues that each of our residents face on a day-to-day basis. So, just as the quote states, the two-year anniversary of my Mayor’s Messages, is “just the starting point for the next big leap forward.”

Thank you for your responses over the last two years, negative or positive, its rewarding to know that people are aware of these messages, and in some cases, they feel as if my messages have touched their lives.