Baxter Springs mayoral candidates outline future visions
Sherry Brown, Shannon McDonough, and current mayor Kelly Abbott were all at the community center today for the 'Meet the Candidates' event, hosted by the Baxter Springs Chamber of Commerce.
Each candidate got five minutes to talk about who they are and what they hope to accomplish if elected.
Speeches touched on the city budget, growth they'd like to see, transparency, support of city employees and community, sewage and water research grants, and tourism, and even support for another candidate.
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We asked each candidate what they hope voters will remember them for when they head to the ballot box.
'I would like to grow our town with community engagement better, support our city employees, better transparency among the local government and its residents. Continue to research grants for our sewage and our water,' said Shannon McDonough, Baxter Springs Mayoral Candidate.
'I led my years with City Council and my years as mayor and I'm going to be trying to get back on city Council in November's election and I would really like to give all my support and my vote to Casi Shaw,' said Sherry Brown, Baxter Springs Mayoral Candidate.
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'I hope to be able to take Baxter in a good direction. Project a positive image for Baxter, because when you project positive image, you get positive results, right? So that's, uh, that's what I want to see, is somebody that's going to project a positive image for Baxter,' said Kelly Abbott, Baxter Springs Mayoral Candidate/ Running for Reelection
A fourth candidate running for the position, Casi Shaw, was not able to attend today's event, but when asked the same question, she said – quote…
'When voters see my name on the ballot I want them to remember me for my honesty and loyalty to the community.' end quote.
We'll have the results of the August 5 election right here at Your Local Election Headquarters.
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