"VICTORY"

I would be terribly remiss if I didn't take this opportunity to gloat a little...perhaps a lot...about an accomplishment in which my daughter, Megan, played a significant role in helping to bring to fruition. Megan is a senior at the University of South Florida located in Tampa, the largest public liberal arts and research university in the state and fifth largest in the country. Few people even knew that USF existed until its recent exploits on the football field propelled the Bulls to number two in the NCAA rankings this past year. USF has for many years taken a back seat in recognition to the other better known state universities: University of Florida, Florida State University, and Miami University. USF can now proudly proclaim that it too is an equal elite among the states institutions of higher learning.

Taking the next steps into assuring that USF maintains and promotes USF's prominent status is the new student government executive team that was voted into office for the up-coming 2008 fall semester. The election results were published last evening and the candidate team of Greg "Butters" Morgan and Thomas King were elected by the student body to serve in the capacities of President and Vice President respectfully.

So, how does daughter Megan figure into this equation? She served as Morgan and King's campaign manager, stepping reluctantly into that position only after the first campaign manager was unable to fulfill her assigned duties and obligations. Megan, who has yet to meet a challenge she believes cannot be throttled into submission, resurrected the struggling Morgan/King campaign and championed it through a run-off election to the successful vote count of last evening. Admittedly it is also true that her romantic relationship with Mr. Morgan may have played more than just an insignificant role in her decision to give it her all on Greg's behalf. Whatever floats one's boat...

Judi and I have known Greg for almost a year and liked him from the first time we were in-troduced to him as a quest of our family over the Easter holidays last year. He possess a keen sense of what is right and wrong, is a man of personal integrity and unwavering morals, has a servants heart, and is dedicated to using his God-given talents for the betterment and prosperity of those for which he cares and has the responsibility to serve. The USF students have acquitted themselves well in arriving at this side of a very contentious campaign season to select as their next student body President, Greg Morgan. If Mr. Morgan, Mr. King and daughter Megan are representative of the type of high caliber leadership that this nation will depend upon to move this country forward, we are indeed in very excellent and capable hands.

To say that I am merely just proud of these young citizens would be a gross understatement. We applaud their justly deserved victory, share in its arrival and promise for even greater achievements and accolades in the future.