Bonnie Stump for Georgetown, Texas City Council

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When I first moved here in 1971, Georgetown had three restaurants. The teenagers flirted with each other at Dairy Queen, the older generation sipped coffee at the L & M Cafe, and for those Sundays when Mama didn't feel like making a pot roast, there was the Georgetown Inn. Downtown Georgetown boasted two car dealerships and a Piggly-Wiggly grocery store, and Lake Georgetown was just a modest river meandering through a string of low-lying cedar breaks. Friday night Eagle football was the main entertainment, unless it was rodeo week. I attended high school in what is now Williams Elementary, which had no air conditioning, so flies buzzed through the open windows and settled on our trigonometry books on sleepy afternoons.

After college at the University of Texas and medical school at Baylor, I practiced obstetrics and gynecology. My medical career included two years in the Democratic Republic of Congo and three years in Pakistan, where, by not having clean water or 24 hour electricity, I learned to appreciate the privilege of an effective infrastructure. I also saw first-hand that treating sick people has limited effect if public measures do not support community health and safety.

Georgetown's growth over the last 42 years has been exhilarating. Our city leaders have done a phenomenal job of managing a population explosion while preserving the charm of our community. We now have choices in dining and shopping, plus art, music, theater, and cinema. We have award winning hike and bike trails, outstanding recreation facilities, excellent roads and utilities, and dedicated public servants.

City council is a hard job, the pay is ceremonial, and sometimes people get upset with their council representatives. But Georgetown is a great place to live and work, and my family has chosen to live and work here. My husband's family lives and works here as well. I'm running for city council because I have deep roots in Georgetown and I care about the future of this town.

In my personal life I believe honesty is always the best policy. Always. I don't spend money I don't have. I would rather invest in the future than splurge on luxuries today. I believe a person ought to be free to do whatever he wants to do, unless it interferes with what somebody else wants to do. I believe if people listen to each other they can find common ground because we really all want the same thing - a healthy family, a chance at prosperity, and some personal dignity.

If the voters of district 2 elect me to be their council representative, I promise to listen to all sides of every issue. My actions on the council will have only one motivation - to make Georgetown an even better place to live and work - for everybody.