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Supports Mutchler, Taylor in Ferndale

I support Jon Mutchler for mayor and Teresa Noreen Taylor for city council seat four. I recently ran for the Ferndale city council seat four. One thing that I wanted when I ran for city council was to leave the politics and talk about how we could all work together in maintaining and improving our community. I have tried to reach out and talk to our local candidates, and yet only Teresa and Jon Mutchler were the only two people who would talk to me. Paul Ingram would not even talk to me when I approached him on two occasions, or he would not even look at me. Paul seems to have his own personal diatribe that he brings to council, i.e. talking about stray dogs in his neighborhood and who is to blame for these dogs. So my vote and support is for Teresa. I feel the time is right to bring some fresh new outlook and allow our honorable veteran Paul Ingram have fun in his Tesla, which he talked about at a council meeting.

Being a veteran of the U.S. army, I will support Jon Mutchler. I have talked to him on many occasions at the our local Woods coffee shops in the early morning. I feel that Jon would be able to connect with and help our community grow in the near and far future. I have the utmost respect for these two candidates, but Jon Mutchler and Teresa Taylor in my opinion seems to be a better choice. I wish these two candidates the best of luck, and let us all work together.

Matthew Durkee

Ferndale

This story was originally published October 21, 2015 at 9:28 AM with the headline "Supports Mutchler, Taylor in Ferndale."

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