Letter to the Editor | AZ Daily Sun | March 03, 2010

To the editor:

Local voters will narrow the mayoral race from three to two candidates on March 9th. Flagstaff, the State of Arizona and the nation are in the midst of a painful, yet necessary, financial transition — a transition that will alter the country’s political attitudes and economy for decades. The election is one of the most crucial in recent years. The current economic crisis requires leaders who are risk-takers, who understand how to address Flagstaff’s — the country’s — issues, plus who are unafraid of voicing their positions regardless of the potential consequences.

Kara Kelty has those attributes.

She’s worked with the area’s housing, economic and environmental issues. Kara has dealt with those matters via her stints on the City Council, the NAU Family Housing Office, and the Coalition on Economic Empowerment, for instance. Kara can resolve many of Flagstaff’s economic challenges, including its difficult housing and cost of living issues. She can also transform the city into a Green-based economy — a transformation that can establish a national precedent for other communities across the country.

MATTHEW KENNEDY

Flagstaff