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Sometimes You Just Have to Go with Your Gut
March 16, 2011

I really appreciate each of you that encouraged me to make a run for alderman in 2012. I picked up a petition because I was considering it. That's one of the things about picking up the petition is that people immediately assume you are running.

The truth is that you pick up petitions when you are considering it, because if you decide to run then you have to have that petition filled out.

My reason for not running is pretty simple. I made a promise to my daughter that if a certain alderman decided to run for another term then I wouldn't run against him. He did so I'm not. It's just that simple.

Unless you have served as an elected official on the local level then you can't really appreciate the time it requires and the way in which it changes your relationships with your friends and family. That may not be true for everybody but it was for me.

At this stage of my life I'm busier than I have ever been. I drive two hours a day back and forth to work. I broadcast and announce every event and sporting event I possibly can. I manage the state's busiest high school football website, and I am the Sports Information Contact for Motlow College.

There are just so many hours in a day, and right now mine are pretty full. Next January I will once again consider my options and perhaps pick up a petition once again.

If so I hope that you will once again encourage and support me as I make my decision.

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