by Joe Snyder
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Georgia Maxwell, that is, who is seeking re-election as Daviess County Recorder, a position she currently holds. Despite news coverage over her battle to receive the same pay raise the County Court granted other county office holders, I would hope the folks in Daviess County will retain her in office.
I’ll admit I am biased in this particular race and perhaps have no business taking sides in a faraway county where Kathy and I once lived and raised our family. I certainly have no complaint, or have no inborn bias, or even know her opponent, who I am sure is a good person and fully qualified to run for this particular office.
However, Kathy and I have about 45 years of acquaintance with Georgia, who was a valued staff member for many years when we ran the Gallatin Publishing Company. Not only was she an employee of ours, she became almost like a family member due to her disposition, her willingness to work hard for my favorite newspaper, but most of all, her dedication and friendship to the Snyder family.
We would have been most happy to claim her as a daughter. While she held this office she underwent cancer surgery and chemotherapy but missed very little work, which was a reflection of her loyalty to her job. Her assistant, Jane McKinsey, took over for her during her convalescence while she was not able to work. Janie is another of our favorites and a hard worker in the Methodist Church.
So I take this space this week to lend what influence I might still have, or not have in Daviess County, to urge citizens to retain Georgia in her position as county recorder. This is not in any way intended to demean or discredit the qualities for public office her opposition has. If her challenger were running for that office against any other person on this globe, you would never get a peep out of me.
Why is it that we, as human beings, don’t too often acknowledge other people’s good performance or other favorable characteristics, more frequently? People want to be appreciated, want to be accepted as valuable members of the group with whom they work, play or study. People want to know they have support and friendship. Win or lose, Kathy and I want Georgia to know she has our support even ‘way down here in Texas. Gallatin and our friends there will forever be in our hearts. And I expect many other readers share the regard we hold for Georgia
Georgia’s family moved into our neighborhood when she was in high school and our daughter, Kathy Ann, and another neighbor girl, Gayle Ann Johnson Gillette, decided they were going to steer her in the right direction so she wouldn’t get in the wrong crowd. Whether she needed steering or not, someone did a good job and she married her husband, Roger, right after she got out of high school 40 years ago. She came to work at the printing office while she was still in high school to learn typesetting and held that job several years. She not only mastered typesetting, but developed into quite a writer, crafting a bundle of great personality articles on those she interviewed. I’d say husband Roger is a lucky man!
We’re 150 percent for Georgia, no matter what mountain she wants to climb.