Yesterday, the residents of the City of Lima returned John Nixon to his seat as President of Lima City Council.  Previously, John had been selected unanimously by the other Councilors to fill out the term of Matt Huffman (4th District Ohio Rep).  In his first election to the post, John received over 65% of the vote.  He attributed the response to the fact that the voters were aware of his integrity, experience, and consistent voting record.  They responded well to the positive campaign and to the many years of dedicated service that John has given to the City of Lima.  He has shown the ability to work with everyone; Council, Administration, City Employees, and Area Leaders, to work through the issues and find solutions, regardless of personalities and conflicts.

I am a 23-year-old, college-educated, registered voter. I have lived in Lima all my life, graduated from Lima Senior, went to college and now I am back living in the Lima community.

For this upcoming vote, there are two candidates running for City Council President: Ray Magnus and incumbent John Nixon. When the signs started popping up, I started looking into both men’s political views. The best way for me was the Internet. When I found each candidates Web site, I was surprised Ray Magnus is preaching change and vision, but nowhere on his site does he say how he is going to change Lima. John Nixon states several times what he is about, what he believes in, what his vision is, leaving me without a question as to his intentions.

I think it is possible Lima needs change, but is an inexperienced person in governmental affairs like Magnus the one to lead the change? Magnus touts being a vet, an ex-police officer and a bar owner makes him qualified. Do these experiences really make someone qualified to run a municipality’s legislative branch of government? I think not. Nixon has years of experience in not only parliamentary procedure and the ways government works, but he was also the chair of the Finance Committee, thus he also understands governmental accounting, not an easy task.

It is important to me to have the best possible candidate represent the city. Based on the credentials and experience of Nixon, I am fully supporting him, and hope people will agree he is the best candidate for the job.

Bradley K. Waller - Lima

The Committee to Elect John Nixon has released 3 campaign messages on local Television stations.  You can catch them at several times during the evenings on WLIO-NBC Lima and CBS/ABC/FOX-Lima.  There is also an online version available (Click Here).