As the mayor has pointed out, elected Killeen city office is a volunteer proposition. You have to be willing to put up with long and sometimes pointless meetings; arrange your schedule around an impossible Tuesday-at-5 meeting time (setting aside peripheral events); put up with random criticism; and do it all for love, because there is no other compensation.
So I'm pleased that council member Blackstone has stepped up to take on the additional duties of Mayor pro Tem. She will present a fair face for the city in the absence of Mayor Corbin; she certainly has the wit and presence to represent us well. I hope she also uses this as an occasion to extend her voice in the council, where she as yet has had only a small impact on debate.
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