Thank You
To the Donegan Team,
This heartfelt thank you is overdue. How have you all been since
last Tuesday?
I have been up, down, exhausted, hurt for all of you, and all
of our hard work ... numb, energized (sounds crazy) ..... BUT
I am so very proud of all of us! Just 6 months ago, no one knew
who we were, now 16,000+ people in District 5 know who we are
and more importantly know what we stand for........
We stand for honesty and integrity in government and community,
we stand for working people - fair wages and decent benefits.
We believe in a government that listens to the people and we
believe in a government that never forgets the people it serves!
Public Service, my friends, is an honor!
A dear friend called me the other day, his message was something
like this....."Ann, I am, in a way, glad you are sad, that
shows me how much you wanted this .... how much of your heart
you put into this..... that is passion......all to often we have
politicians who are lukewarm ...mediocre, they lack passion"........thanks
Tom....you are right!
First I want to thank all of the voters who voted for me, thank
you for having the confidence in me. I am a phone call away if
I can be of any service. I remain honored to continue to represent
the people of Olmsted Falls in my council at-large position and
plan to seek re-election in 2011.
Second, I want to thank many people so please bear with me:
Mari Alice, thank you for stepping to the plate and agreeing
to be my campaign manager. MAZ, you did an outstanding job and
your belief in our cause is inspirational.
Mike C. and Local 33 especially Dave C., Tim, Todd, Dave P.,
M.J., J.P. you guys and gals went over and above for me, your
continued faith in me is humbling ..... thank you ....
IUPAT .... thank you .....
Local 38 ... thank you......
Local 120 ... thank you ....
Ironworkers ... thank you......
All my other brothers and sisters of labor who supported me,
thank you!
All my financial contributors .... big and small .... THANK YOU!!!!
Stuart Garson and Mary Devring and the rest of the Cuyahoga Dems,
thank you! Thank you for restoring my faith in our party.
For all the yard sign placements, door knocking, literature dropping,
event attending, parade attending, french fry eating, literature
stuffing ...... Mom, Andrea, Luke, Sam, Johnny, Gia, Dave, Tim,
Sheila, Tom, Rory, Susan, Patti, Jim, Dean, Danny, Denise, Renee,
BJ, Nick, Makay, Rick, Vicky, Kathy, Amy, Larry, Bill, Paul,
Colleen, Ursula, Paul , Dan, Erin, Cindy, Don, Dan, Mark, Matt,
Frank, Danny, Tim, Bill, Kathy, Jim, Dee, Bryan, Ed, John, Tabitha,
Al, Dave, Dale, Nick, MJ, Bill, Jim, Tim, Kim, Judy, Randy, Gayle,
Jim, Tim, Barb, Bobby, Carol, Mayor Starr, Bart, Jimmy, Mary,
............ and to the rest of the Donegan team, thank you!!!!
What a team and to think that I started 1/4/10 with only me......I
am so blessed!!!
I firmly believe that God has plans for all of us and he has
something else in mind for me and for all of us at this time.
Peace and love until next time.....and there will be a next time................
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God Bless you all!
Ann Marie
