February 2022 | Vol. 16 Iss. 02
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OATH OF OFFICE REMARKS REFLECT PERSONALITIES, PERSPECTIVES OF MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS By Mimi Darley Dutton | m.dutton@mycityjournals.com
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n the first Monday of the new year, Draper Mayor Troy Walker took the oath of office for the third time and councilmembers Mike Green and Tasha Lowery repeated the oath for the second time. All three spoke about dealing with life’s challenges in their remarks. Green applied lessons he learned playing football at Utah State as lessons for life. “Teamwork is a form of trust. Football only cares about selfless play (for one player to make a touchdown, the rest of the team works to make that happen). That’s kind of the same thing as city council. It doesn’t matter who gets the credit as long as the job gets done.” He referenced Aggie football coach Blake Anderson who has encouraged his team to “get one degree better every day.” Green credited that mindset for leading a typically underdog team to a conference championship and a bowl game victory and he encouraged everyone to adopt that same goal. “We’re going to do hard things together…as a team,” he said of the council.
Green said taking the oath was different this time. “I know the level of work and responsibility.” Four years ago, Green was the youngest to take the oath for Draper. That record is now held by Councilman Cal Roberts. Green has learned that “citizen input is critical.” He laments when the council has to make a decision without public input, only to have people lash out in anger after a project is complete, prompting him to wonder where those people were when the decision was being made. “The more outreach we can have, the better decisions we can make. It’s hard because people aren’t as engaged sometimes and I need to figure out how to get people more involved.” His profession as an attorney influContinued page 4 Mayor Troy Walker and councilmembers Mike Green and Tasha Lowery were re-elected to new four-year terms. They took the oath of office Jan. 3 at City Hall. (Photo courtesy Tasha Lowery)
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