Letter to the Editor | AZ Daily Sun | March 3, 2010

To the editor:

I’d like to add to the list of Kara Kelty’s accomplishments that your readers have pointed out. In 2003, I was on the Bond Advisory Task Force that worked for months to analyze critical needs within the city, examine our city’s current debt, and put a balanced bond package before voters.

Two of the items that rose to the top were the construction of a city-owned swimming facility and a multi-generational facility. Advocates for many causes showed up in droves to offer us compelling reasons why their favored project should be placed on the ballot. This advocacy continued when the City Council took the task force’s recommendations and deliberated on which items would be placed on the ballot.

It was Kara Kelty’s leadership on the City Council that ensured that much-needed investment in our city’s “adult center” as it was then referred to. Without Kara’s level head and public outreach, the voices of our community’s seniors would have been lost and the bond package on the ballot would not have included funding for improvements at the Thorpe Park Community and Senior Center.

It was because of Kara’s steady leadership and reasoned approach that our city now benefits from both the Aquaplex and the Thorpe Park Community and Senior Center. A visit to either of these facilities on any day of the week demonstrates that both are much-loved and needed amenities used by people of all ages and interests.

For this reason and many more, I voted for Kara Kelty for Mayor.

BECKY DAGGETT

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