Gary L. Smith

• POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION: Republican
• AGE: 59
• EDUCATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS YOU WISH TO NOTE: High school and Barber College
• CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: “I have been self-employed barber since Sept. 1, 1974.”
• FAMILY NOTES YOU WISH TO SHARE:
“My wife Myra and I have been married 38 years.
“I am an Elder at Georgetown Christian Church, A member of Georgetown Masonic Lodge 480 F&AM;, life member of D.A.V. and V.F.W.”

1) WHAT IS YOUR PRIMARY REASON FOR SEEKING THIS POSITION?
“I have lived in this Town of Georgetown for 38 years. I like to be involved in the decision making. I also enjoy very much helping people.”

2) IF ELECTED, WHICH ISSUE IS YOUR PRIORITY TO ADDRESS FIRST AND WHAT IS YOUR SUGGESTED SOLUTION?
“One of the main issues is to get our sewer plant up and running. We must cut from the New Albany sewer system.
“One of our short term solutions is to get the Floyd County Zoning board to approve and conditional use permit for the property on Old Georgetown Rd.”

3) WHAT SPECIFICALLY DISTINGUISHES YOU FROM YOUR OPPONENT IN THIS RACE ?
“I have 3 terms Experience as your Town of Georgetown Councilman. I am not afraid to make the tough decisions that sometimes have to be made.
“I will bring honesty and integrity to the position.
“I will be there, in 12 years of service to the Town of Georgetown. I never missed a meeting. I feel that when you are elected to an office, you owe the people. You were elected to serve, Give your all to the job at hand.
“Thank you for your support and your vote.”

Dr. Aaron Striegel

• POLITICAL PARTY AFFILIATION: Democrat
• AGE: 47 9/18/60
• EDUCATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS YOU WISH TO NOTE: Floyd Central Graduate, class of 1979, (National Honor Society, graduated in top 5 % of my class.) 1985 graduate of Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky (Dean’s list 3 years) BA degree 1987 graduate of Southern Seminary — (Master’s degree in Education, graduated with Honors.) 2002 PhD — Doctorate of Philosophy — Regent University: Summe Cum Laude
• CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: “School Counselor — Trinity high school, Louisville, Kentucky 2002 — presentCoached the track team to the 2005 state championship, Developed a new class entitled “Alcohol and Drug Issues.”(1997-2001)Louisville Collegiate School — Chair of Counseling Department, Founded and Developed Middle School Service Learning Program.Wrote a book for Middle School parents on “Understanding Your Adolescent.”Awards — Young Professional Award from BusinessFirst/Jewish hospital for drug prevention work— Youth Investment Award for volunteer work — Indiana Youth Institute— Who’s Who Among American Teachers 2004-2006”
• FAMILY NOTES YOU WISH TO SHARE:
“Wife is Merry Striegel, RN for Floyd Co. Head Start program. Merry is completing her master’s degree in Nursing at the University of Louisville.
“Children — Gerry 2007 graduate of Lindsey Wilson College — teaching English in South Korea, Jacob a senior at Hanover College, Les a senior at Trinity high school Anna a second grader at Georgetown Elementary and Kody a Kindergarten student at Georgetown.”

1) WHAT IS YOUR PRIMARY REASON FOR SEEKING THIS POSITION?
“I want to bring fiscal responsibility to the Town board. I’m tired of going to town meetings and hearing the results of what I consider wasteful spending on big ticket items that do little to benefit the common citizen. I live on a budget and I want the Town to also stay on a fixed budget.
“Money has been spent on land purchases, internet service, consulting fees while our sidewalks crumble, our water lines leak and our town citizens have their rates raised to offset the current board’s wasteful spending.”

2) IF ELECTED, WHICH ISSUE IS YOUR PRIORITY TO ADDRESS FIRST AND WHAT IS YOUR SUGGESTED SOLUTION?
“My first priority is to listen to the citizens of Georgetown concerning the most prudent way to handle the rising cost of our water/sewer issues.
“There isn’t a current board member that is serving or running for office that has any expertise in water and sewage maintenance. After listening to the citizens of Georgetown I would consult an expert in the water/sewage field to get their professional opinion on how to fix this out of control situation.”

3) WHAT SPECIFICALLY DISTINGUISHES YOU FROM YOUR OPPONENT IN THIS RACE?
“I want to focus on principles and not on people. I’m the candidate with advanced education and experience. I have written grants for over $3 million dollars when I was Executive Director of Our Place/Drug Alcohol. I have experience working with local, state and federal agencies. I have trained agencies in how to set short and long term goals.
“I want to organize a clean up Georgetown campaign to impress the housing conditions in town. This campaign will also raise people’s property values by condemning homes that don’t meet safety standards. The town’s aesthetics have deteriorated under my opponent’s term in office.”