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To the Editor:

Hello, Grant County. This is Boyd Britton, four-term Grant County commissioner, retired.

I left office on July 1, 2018, to move closer to my wife Bonnie’s family, but we have been keeping up with the events in Grant County all these years through the newspaper and old friends and colleagues. We owned and operated Boyd Britton Welding in John Day for 22 years, and we happily supported Grant County the entire time we lived there. I still have a great deal of affection for Grant County and the people there.

That being said, I would encourage you to vote for my friend and former colleague Mark Webb. Mark is incredibly bright and committed to the well-being and improvement of the county. I have personally observed Mark in his interactions with state and federal officials, elected and appointed. He stands firm for the county and its citizens. Those folks listen when Mark speaks.

Due in large part to Mark’s efforts, Grant County still has a timber industry, and because of his leadership Grant County has become a model of how public and mental health departments across the state can be run efficiently and effectively.

Mark understands public budgeting and will lead to bring the county back to a place it used to be when he was previously in office.

He is happily married to his soulmate, Sherri, and has three successful grown children. Mark actively still does fuel reduction, builds fence and works for BMFP, which he has helped guide in their mission to hold the Forest Service accountable and preserve the timber industry.

Mark would bring respectability to the county court by his experience, knowledge, compassion and his work ethic.

Please, for the sake of Grant County, vote for my friend Mark Webb for county judge.

Boyd Britton

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