Election Time

Welcome to the 656th meeting of the Rotary Club of Dixie Sunrise.

Our Club was honored today to have Jimmie Hughes, candidate for St George City Council, speak to us about current issues and trends in our city. Jimmy is native to St George, and comes from a family with a tradition of ranching on the Arizona Strip. His career background includes work as a certified residential appraiser, independant mortgage broker, parnter in a small business finance company, and cattle rancher.

Jimmie spoke of his love for the original principles upon which our country was founded and wanted us to know his political center. Then he shared his feeling on a few important issues that face our city.

One concern that we face, especially this off-season election is very low voter turnout. It is a very small group of voters that determine the makeup of our city leaders at a time like this and he stressed the importance of getting out to vote. He also spoke about how important it is for good people to get involved in our civic duty to participate in our government and work to maintain our freedoms.

Other concerns that he shares with citizens of St George include some struggles with out sign ordinances that may restrict the flow of business to some degree. And he spoke about the struggles many of the small business FBO and private aviation activity that will have as they move to the new airport at prohibitive expense. Jimmie reports that they make up 90% of the business activity at the current airport and represent an important voice in the logistics of the replacement airport.

Remember to VOTE in the Primary elections, this Tuesday, September 15!