Backus is the choice for mayor

Published 6:20 pm Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Vote for the right candidate for mayor. Nancy Backus is that candidate.

My family has been embedded and actively involved in the Auburn business, political, and service communities for over 50 years. I have seen a lot of leaders and watched Auburn go through a tremendous amount of change … and it is clear that the city is on the verge of yet another transformation.

This city needs a leader that is well equipped to lead and will take us to the next level. Nancy Backus is the leader who can make this happen in the most positive, proactive and socially responsible way.

I could list her many accomplishments but her resume and endorsements from an amazing diverse set of supporters speak for themselves. Over the past 30 years she has used her natural leadership, business and community building skills to improve the Auburn City Council and multiple community organizations as well as at The Boeing Co. where she works. Every organization she has touched has been better as a result of her participation and ability to build partnerships. We are lucky she has chosen Auburn as her home.

She has the right business skills to make the right decisions, a deep understanding of the diversity of the Auburn community, great insight into the political dynamics of the city, county, and state we live in, and most of all she is non-partisan, pro-people, pro-education, pro-community. Her only special interest is making Auburn the best possible place to live. For everyone. Her priorities of jobs, roads, and safety are the basic cornerstones of a community and quite frankly what every resident should expect and demand from their City. She will get it done.

So remember … your ballot is waiting for you. This is your year, this is your chance. Make the right choice. Do it for yourself, do it for Auburn, do it for the future. Elect Nancy Backus as the next mayor of Auburn. It’s just the right thing to do.

– Julia Walters-Burns