Opinion

Letter to the editor

Dear Editor:

I would like to express my support of Alderman Joe LaCroix. Even before he was appointed alderman last year to fill the unexpired term of the late David White, Joe had promised to keep his constituents informed, and one way was to hold public meetings twice a month prior to upcoming Board of Mayor and Aldermen meetings. He has kept that promise.

Additionally, Joe wrote a letter to the editor to the Farragut Press in March in which he was very positive and called for decorum and civility in the upcoming election. He wrote this letter in response to a citizen who complained to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen about perceived personal attacks against them. It is very clear that Joe was willing to entertain that notion and take action even though that person then went on to publicly attack Joe on social media for doing exactly what they asked him to do.

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