Mayor's Message

I have a friend and colleague who is contemplating retirement; I have tremendous respect for how he has arrived at this decision as well as his choice of a path for his future life. Our conversation gave me pause to go back and reflect on my own situation, and my rationale for choosing to leave a profession I loved for a future with multiple unknowns.

There is something special about autumn that always draws my attention, it could be the cooler temperatures, the crispness of the air, the beautiful colors of the leaves or all the activities we all seem to enjoy during the fall. Bike rides, nights sitting out by our fire pits surrounded by good friends, or sitting in the stands at a Friday night football game with a warm blanket around our shoulders, are all activities that many of us enjoy.

Over the last several weeks, I have been waking up earlier in the morning and feeling that I have to get up and attend to a major responsibility.

Oh, how our World has changed! No. I am not talking about the world we live in; I am talking about Disney World in Orlando Florida, and how much it has changed since our family’s first visit in 1981.

So here we are again, a tragic loss of life and no reasonable explanation for what causes an individual to go atop a building with an assault weapon and aim it at his fellow humans who are doing nothing more than enjoying the beauty of celebrating a national holiday.