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| Lora and Kevin Nehring at the 2014 Kerman Harvest Festival Parade |
It was an incredible learning and eye-opening experience for me, and the campaigning took me very far from my comfort zone. While I'm proud to say that I made a run for public office, it was an experience - the campaigning - that I was not particularly interested in experiencing again.
I knew I could do the job as a City Council member and I believed I could make a difference, however, other Candidates were elected to the Council and I was fine with that. I had a position on the Kerman Planning Commission; a position well within my comfort zone and area of expertise. I was happy to stay.
This past June, after my appointment to the Council, I stepped down from my position as Planning Commission Vice Chair, and assumed my assigned duties as a Council member. I've found it to be a job I can do to the benefit of the City and Community. A place where I CAN make a difference.
While I accepted this appointment as a seasonal occupation, words of encouragement from Mayor Stephen Hill, Mayor Pro-tem Gary Yep, and Council members Rhonda Armstrong and Bill Nijjer made me begin to reconsider the temporary nature of this appointment. After talking with other members of the Community, City Staff, and most importantly, my Family, I have decided to run for the Kerman City Council in the 2016 General Election.
This afternoon, the appropriate papers were filed with the City of Kerman and the County of Fresno for my candidacy.
Oddly enough, as uncomfortable as the 2014 campaign was for me, I find myself looking forward to it again.
Here we go.
Thank you for your support!
