Election Night

ELECTION NIGHT ADDRESS BY BUCK DOZIER

AUGUST 2, 2007

"THROUGHOUT MY LIFE I'VE ALWAYS ADHERED TO THE PRINCIPLE THAT WE SHOULD DO OUR BEST…WE SHOULD GIVE IT OUR ALL…AND ALONG THE WAY WE SHOULD RESPECT THOSE WE COME IN CONTACT WITH.

I CAN SAY WITHOUT A DOUBT THAT WE PUT THAT PRINCIPLE TO THE TEST IN THIS CAMPAIGN. WE DID OUR BEST. WE GAVE IT OUR ALL. AND WE SHOWED RESPECT TO THOSE WE CAME IN CONTACT WITH ALONG THE WAY.

TO MY FELLOW MAYORAL CANDIDATES – HOWARD, BOB, KARL, DAVID AND KENNETH…IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO STAND WITH YOU BEFORE THE PEOPLE OF OUR CITY TO DEBATE AND DISCUSS WHAT WE EACH BROUGHT TO THIS RACE. I APPRECIATE YOUR GRACIOUSNESS IN BATTLE AND UNDER FIRE. THE EXPERIENCE AND YOUR FRIENDSHIP IS SOMETHING I WILL ALWAYS CHERISH.

TO THE HUNDREDS OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS WHO POURED YOUR HEARTS AND SOULS INTO KNOCKING ON DOORS, ANSWERING AND MAKING PHONE CALLS, STUFFING ENVELOPES AND WORKING THE POLLS…I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR CARING SO MUCH ABOUT OUR CAMPAIGN.

THANK YOU FOR CARING SO MUCH ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR CARING SO MUCH ABOUT WANTING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

TO MY FELLOW ELECTED OFFICIALS – MY METRO COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND OTHER METRO LEADERS…IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU…WE MIGHT NOT HAVE ALWAYS AGREED ON EVERY ISSUE, BUT WE HAVE PROVEN TIME AND AGAIN THAT WHEN WE PUT ASIDE POLITICAL DIFFERENCES AND PERSONAL AGENDAS FOR THE COMMON GOOD, GREAT THINGS CAN HAPPEN FOR OUR CITY.

TO MY FAMILY WHO HAS STOOD BY MY SIDE FOR SO MANY YEARS…ENCOURAGING ME, TOLERATING ME, AND LOVING ME WITH ALL MY FAULTS…I TOO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND THAT I LOVE YOU.

I'M NOT CERTAIN WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR ME IN THE NEXT PHASE OF MY LIFE…FRANKLY THE UNKNOWN IS WHAT CAN MAKE LIFE SO RICH AND REWARDING.

BUT I WILL DO WHAT I HAVE ALWAYS DONE WHEN ONE LIFE CHAPTER ENDS….I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN GOD TO LET HIS WILL BE DONE AS THE NEXT LIFE CHAPTER UNFOLDS.

GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU."

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