Many thanks
To the editor:
Thank you to the all-volunteer force whose time and money IS the Carla Johnston campaign. With over 400 volunteers and donors and over 43,000 voters, together we share the dream that we can move Lee County past the downturn, past the fears and toward the quality of life we want for our selves and for our county.
My hope is that we have stirred up the discussion enough so that a diverse cross-section of community and business leaders will begin to turn new ideas into new realities to move Lee County from where we are to where we might be.
My hope is that we have prodded the county government “powers-that-be” enough so that they recognize that their own professional success comes not from business-as-usual, but from focusing the budget on priorities, jump-starting the economy, right-sizing the level of taxes, and increasing sensitivity to the needs of our citizenry.
My hope is that we have provided sufficient inspiration to hundreds of Lee County residents so that each individual will act to improve his/her neighborhood, and will continue to insist that Lee County government is ours together rather than it being an institution owned by the bureaucrats and their buddies.
If the Carla Johnston campaign has done these things, then the time and money is well spent. But this is just the beginning; there is much to do. Let’s get it done!
Carla Johnston
Sanibel