Submitted by Gardy LeBon
Joe Kelly has spent years doing the unglamorous work of local government. He has taken on the fights nobody thanks you for because he genuinely loves this area and believes in getting things right at the level closest to the people who live here.
I have watched him deliver on things that actually changed our town, and I have also been on the receiving end of his time and his belief in what I was capable of, which helped me achieve things I could not have dreamt of when I was younger.
I am grateful that people like him still want to serve in elected office, at a time when families like mine need that kind of attention most.
Wishing you luck in this season,
Gardy LeBon
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