Matt Walker Running For City Council

Mar 28, 2007 | Elections, Headline News

Born and raised in Trenton, he is the youngest of four brothers. He has lived in Trenton all but three or four years of his life. He has been involved in the community through the jobs he has held, working for the park department one summer and also as a dispatcher in the sheriff’s department. He currently works for the Green Hills Regional Planning Commission, all of which he says has “acquainted me well with the community, from folks in local government and law enforcement to civic groups and volunteer organizations.”
“I am running for this office because I would like a chance to serve my community,” Walker said. “I have always been satisfied with both folks on the city council from my ward these last years, but when Jackie Soptic opted not to run for her council seat again, I decided to throw my name into the hat.”
“The issues facing our community are the same issues facing other small rural communities throughout the Midwest and the rest of the country,” he continued. “Communities like our still struggle from the economic impacts for a restructured agricultural economy; the first and foremost concern for our city government must be economic development. Jobs are scarce and good paying jobs with benefits are almost non-existent. Our community’s youth and vitality are drained as high school and community college graduates are forced to migrate to urban centers to find adequate employment. We should be doing anything we possibly can do to attract employers and bring jobs with attractive salaries and benefits into the region and keep our families here.”
“In addition, the city has a lot on its table with housing and code enforcement, a mandatory wastewater plant upgrade and integrating the city’s police assets into the new joint county/city law enforcement center,” Walker said. “And, of course, there’s always the occasional crisis involving Amish horse-pucky in the parking lots or stray dogs ambushing pedestrians. I would deal with all of those issues with a sense of civic duty, libertarian values and copious amounts of common sense.”