This note is in support of the candidacy for election of Joan Hartmann as a supervisor for the county of Santa Barbara.
I believe and value her honest integrity and her good and likable character.
I have had the pleasure of knowing her for several years and have found her bright and cheerful, polite and well-spoken, considerate, and helpful, and loyal in friendship. She is thoughtful and earnestly involved in the civic affairs of the folks of this community and county and is tenacious and energetic and thrives in her involvements. She studies her subjects of interest well, learns the related backgrounds, and expresses her views pertinently well. She is already a local asset and would work for the betterment of the wider community.
My wife and I have owned a home in Buellton for more than 20 years.
This article appears in Mar 17-24, 2016.