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many technological advances will
push the majority of rural America
toward the metropolitan areas
where the population density will
be greater and the cost to serve each
individual is much less.
good thing. Don’t get discouraged.
Understand that sometimes those
things that you believe are so
important and so obvious today
have a way of changing and
adjusting upon further reflection.
Be persistent
Favorite college football team: Seriously?
Now that you
but be
are preparing | Cats or dogs? Dogs. | Favorite holiday:
patient. We
Thanksgiving.
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No.
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quality
you
look
for
in
to become a “past”
are engineers
president, what
and every
colleagues? Sense of humor | First paying
advice would you
problem to us
job? Palmer Truss Company. | Dine in or
have for those
is just another
eat out? Eat out. | As a child, I wanted to
county engineers
opportunity to
who will be leading be ____ when I grew up. Superman!. | The excel. Don’t let
this organization 20 next thing I want to binge-watch is Ancient yourself get too
years from now?
comfortable.
Aliens. | If I had a whole day completely
Comfort leads
free of commitments and obligations, I
For those of us,
to complacency
would spend it going fishing.
who have been
which leads to
around for a little while, we know
laziness which destroys the soul,
that the wheels of government turn not to mention making your wife
ever so slowly and that political
angry. Be innovative, be humble,
progress occurs at a snail’s pace
be compassionate, be tough, and
which is, by the way, probably a
be tenacious. The late Jim Valvano
said that there are three things you
should do every day: You should
laugh, you should think, and you
should cry. He also said, “Don’t give
up … don’t ever give up.” I believe
he nailed it!
Q Q
A
What does “67 counties,
One voice” mean
to you?
A
It obviously implies power
in numbers. But, I think to
me, it means that we are all trying
to accomplish the same result. That
result being a better quality of life
for all those we serve. I’m a firm
believer that there is no government
entity that is more capable of
understanding and providing for the
people than local government. That
being said, a powerful and unified
local government voice should
always reverberate throughout all
levels of government. n
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