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A message to District 4 voters
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Dear Editor: I just want to say “thank you” to all the citizens in the Fourth District that voted for me and for the outpouring of support you have given me over the last eight months I’ve been campaigning.
As you go back to vote in the runoff election, I encourage you to compare my qualifications for the office to my opponent.
I have been very involved in numerous community organizations for many years, including the Richmond Hill Recreation Association, both as a coach and past president, RH Rotary Club, President Gridiron Club, Christmas Parade Committee, Friends of Ft. McAllister and several other private and public community service groups. It’s always a team effort in every group, and I’ve learned something every time I have volunteered. My opponent has had no community involvement.
My opponent has taken much effort, though, in pointing out that he has “no business interests” in Bryan County. I view that as a negative rather than a positive. Sherri, my wife of nearly 30 years, and I own more than one successful business here in Bryan County, and we pay plenty of taxes because of it. I’m very proud of the fact that since the age of 19 I have owned and operated several of my own businesses. I am my own boss, and my own man. I have always had to figure things out on my own, not having others telling me what to do. There is no substitute for that experience.
I believe your choice is very clear in this election. You can once again cast your vote for someone who has spent the last decade working and volunteering countless hours to local community service groups that make Bryan County a great place to live, or you can vote for someone who hasn’t. You can vote for someone who has owned, operates and has invested his life savings in several businesses here in Bryan County, or you vote for someone who hasn’t.
The runoff election is Nov. 30, so please do your part by getting out and voting. There are many challenges ahead of us here in Bryan County, and I appreciate your support more than you know. We won the primary, we won the popular vote, and now I need your help again to win the runoff. The third time is the charm.

Respectfully,
Butch Broome
Richmond Hill
(912) 313-5042
www.butchbroome.com

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Dear editor: Another election cycle is finally over and the voters of Bryan County have spoken. We will have three new county commissioners in January 2011.
My congratulations go out to Jimmy Henderson of District 5, Carter Infinger of District 4 and Wade Price of District 2. I look forward to working with them as we continue to take care of the business of the county.
All three races were contested, which gave the voters a choice of who they wanted as their commissioner. Those who did not prevail in this election are to be applauded for offering themselves as candidates.
Our county owes a debt of gratitude to retiring commissioners Rick Gardner with eight years of service, Blondean Newman with eight years of service as a commissioner and 30 years as tax commissioner, and Toby Roberts with 18 years on the county commission.
These three spent many hours establishing policies and procedures for our county government and many meetings with state and local officials to achieve the best possible outcomes regarding our county on numerous issues. Their many years of experience will be sorely missed.
I well remember the first time I ran for public office and lost. Sometimes those who are not elected are the winners because they don’t have to go to all the meetings – that is said with tongue in cheek, of course.
After my loss, someone sent me the following quotation from President Theodore Roosevelt, which I keep on the wall in my office:
“It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
And my wish for all the citizens of Bryan County is to have a truly blessed Christmas and a prosperous and happy New Year’s.

Jimmy Burnsed
Chairman
Board of commissioners

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