Jane Hughson, our current San Marcos mayor, deserves to be reelected for another term. She has served our community well with intelligence and dignity and attention to detail — a combination that is desirable but too often rare.
Hughson does extensive research before meetings and thus is prepared and ready with solutions for problems. When needed, she finds compromises to work together with those affected by the situation. She is not a grand-stander and so the work she does is not always readily noticed except by those involved.
As a community, we should show more admiration for those willing to run for office for the good of the community. Most voters do not realize how time consuming and difficult it is just to run for election. Designing and purchasing signs, putting them up, contacting potential voters, and attending debates are just some of the necessary activities even before the election.
