-: I never though that I would be in city government, at all.
I have a Newspaper Journalism Degree from Ball State,
and city government never crossed my mind,
but every day, I use the skills that I learned
in interviewing people in Newspaper Journalism
and listening to people.
And, one of the great things that as a city
we're working on that I enjoy is
we want our residents to come in and feel
like they can talk to us.
What are your needs, what affects you,
what are your problems,
because we all live in this community,
and meeting those different people every day
and listening to them and talking to them
and seeing what they want to see us
have as a successful community
is one of the really great parts
of what I get to do every day.
The same (laughs).
With those people coming in every day,
they're passionate whether their trash wasn't picked up,
or there was a pothole on my way to work every day,
or I can't afford my water bill.
You get a lot of...
fired up and not so happy folks
come in the door every day that need help.
So, that's a big challenge of having
some thick skin and remembering that...
we're kind of all here and we all live here
and we need to care about each other
and do the things to make sure
that everybody enjoys where they live,
and they live in a safe, good place.