To the editor:
I write today to show my support for Ted Gorman, who is running for the Fifth Ward seat on Steubenville City Council.
Gorman is the exact type of leader that the city of Steubenville needs in order to establish a thriving small business community, to continue the excellence of educational opportunities for our young people and to provide a voice of reason, rational planning and execution of ways to improve the efficiency that our local government needs.
Gorman provides a perfect example of accomplishing more with less. The success of Steubenville City Schools is well documented. Gorman has been a key figure in that success. Those successes are a true and measurable accomplishment as evidenced by the strong ratings the Ohio State Department of Education has assigned Steubenville City Schools.
Gorman has established himself as a leader in many other areas outside of his record on education. He is a fierce leader and proponent of charitable causes, working with young people outside of a school environment and his record of working with others toward a common goal has produced remarkable results. In short, he understands that it takes everyone working together to accomplish great things.
Gorman once told me that he likes to start all planning and requests with a "yes." Too often in our communities great ideas and initiatives are met with a "no," or "we can't do that." Starting with yes and coming to a consensus to accomplish things sure beats "no, we can't do that". I urge all the residents of the Fifth Ward to say yes to Ted Gorman.
Craig W. Klein
Peoria, Ariz.