Today's Opinions

As we draw closer to Thanksgiving, I find myself this year with even more reasons to be thankful than in the past.

I always count my family, my church, my home and job among the main reasons, and like many of you, I'm always thankful for my friends. But this year, due to a severe illness one of my friends is battling, I'm especially thankful for him.

I highly recommend Taylor County residents to vote to keep Chad Shively as our property valuation administrator.

Chad has made my job as a realtor a lot easier when it comes to doing a market analysis or comparable sales search for properties. He's always easy to reach, whether it's a phone call to his office, a text to his cell phone or a message to him on Facebook. No matter what time of day it is, he always responds. Real estate isn't a 9-to-5 job, so it's important for me to have my contacts readily available for questions and advice.

The following letter is being written in support of Chad Shively remaining Taylor County PVA.

I have known Chad for numerous years through community events. He has done an excellent job during his short time as PVA. He has made numerous positive changes to include actively educating our community about the Homestead Exemption for senior citizens, has an open-door policy to personally address individual questions about property assessments as well as explaining how the property tax system works, and he is always there to show his support during community events.