Karen Pearce endorsement letter

This is a letter of endorsement published in today's issue (April 1, 2014)  of The Republic-Monitor (http://www.perryvillenews.com), by Karen Pearce, owner of Willow House Bed & Breakfast. I'm grateful to my friend Karen for sharing her support with the community!

Dear Editor -

I wanted to share my support of Joe Martin for the role of Perryville City Marshall/Chief of Police.  Although Joe is my dear friend and was a very close friend of my husband David’s, and we have valued that friendship very much during the years we’ve lived in Perryville, my support of his political platform is due to his professional approach to his service to our city. 

We’ve known Joe during the time when he was a Police Officer, patrolling our streets.  And we’ve known him during the time when he has served as Code Enforcement Officer, making our streets clean and safe.  Our city has an improved image in many ways due to his diligent work in both roles. 

We know many examples of how Joe has put his most professional foot forward in dealing with alleged criminals, as a Police Officer, and in dealing with citizen’s who have violated code in some way, as Code Enforcement Officer.  The way Joe presents himself in our community comes from professional maturity and a genuine concern for the welfare of its citizens and condition of our surroundings.

I’m confident, that if elected as Chief of Police, Joe will show this same care and concern in his approach to leading the Police Department.  The group of men and women in the department have been through some trying and difficult times of late, and it will take a focused and concerned leader to provide all who work there with a renewed confidence in the unit as a whole.  Joe Martin has that care and concern, and the professional experience required to execute on a plan to make things right again.

Thank you in advance for printing my words…I’m grateful to have my voice heard, when it comes to sharing my thoughts on Joe’s candidacy (which I know echo what my husband David would have wanted to say).  I’m looking forward to my opportunity to cast my vote for Joe Martin on April 8^th!!

Most Gratefully –

Karen Pearce