My primary purpose of blogging is to communicate with citizens and businesses on all types of issues related to the City of Sturgis. These could include details about weighty issues, information about services or upcoming projects, notable improvements or setbacks and the good work that our employees do every day. Over the years I've learned that in almost every case, the better information that people have, the more they understand the decision-making, even if they don't agree. So, if technology can help the City communicate better… I'm all for it.

For those that know me, I always take the time to listen and welcome comments and feedback. If you would like to share your thoughts with me confidentially, I'm a phone call away or would be happy to have you stop by my office. Below this blog post, and all future blog posts, is a link to post comments. This will take you to one of our ActionLine forms where your comments will be submitted and I can review them. I ask only that your comments meet two simple (and I believe reasonable rules): 1) they are not anonymous, and 2) the language is appropriate for my three daughters.

I'm excited about the opportunity to share what the City of Sturgis is doing and hear from you how we can improve.