Brad entered the "If I Were Mayor, I Would..." essay contest and competed against other seventh graders. He won 1st place and was asked to read his essay to the Ottawa City Commissioners and Mayor. He received $80 cash as a prize.
Click Here for Brad's essay followed by runners up
Click Here for Commission Meeting Video: Brad speaks about 5 minutes in
If I Were Mayor
Brad Harris
If I were mayor, I would do things to improve the city of Ottawa. I would make it appealing to the over 12,000 people who live here.
The first thing I would look into as mayor is modifying stoplights so they can react to the opticons on ambulances. Not all stoplights in town have sensors to react to these invisible waves of light, but it is vital. Opticons are little lights that send invisible patterns to a stoplight sensor and turns the light green so emergency vehicles can respond to an emergency quicker. This could end up saving lives.
The next thing I would cut the red ribbon on is getting an Arby's to move to Ottawa. An Arby's could boost economy with job openings and help the town's tourism. As a student at Ottawa Middle School I have noticed that kids my age would really appreciate an Arby's. I'm sure adults would too. In order to perform this operation we will most likely need to talk to the head of the Arby's-Wendy's corporation. We will tell them about our popular location on I-35. Many customers would go there because it is easily accessible from the highway.
The last thing Ottawa needs is a shelter for the homeless. It can be paid for by tax money and could help financially challenged families to get back on track. I have learned over 60 families in Ottawa don't have a place to call home. This will end, with me as mayor.
(Grandma)
ReplyDeleteFinally got to see and hear Brad's essay. He did a really good job. 1st time I could hear it but the video was stuck on a picture of the mayor. When I went back in I had lost the sound so could only watch - and the video worked ok. I ended up having to download an audio driver which took 3 hours because I was trying to download on firefox and finally found out it would only download on inernet explorer.