I just hope that the new members remember that there is more to Havre de Grace and their elected responsibilities than "downtown", "tourism" and "Bulle Rock". Please do not forget the taxpaying residents that actually live and have lived here. I am all for improvements, but not at my expense or lack of representation.

Congratulations to the newly elected and reelected council members.

Congrats to all!

See video of the announcement here: http://havredegrace.patch.com/articles/video-havre-de-grace-election-results-revealed

Sean

dear council members: congratulations-- and take a brand new fresh look at aggressive and innovative ways to get developers to build in HDG- 100 new houses would add huge sums to the budget and relieve the taxpayers.; It is the only way out!!

Sincere congratulations to the re-elected and newly-elected Council Members. Best wishes for an enjoyable, productive and meaningful term.

A big thank you to the Havre de Grace voters who turned out in record numbers in support of the candidates.

Lastly, a huge thank you and congratulations to Sean Welsh and The Patch, for playing such an important role in this year’s elections. Sean’s contribution to the City of Havre de Grace has been immeasurable and so greatly appreciated throughout the campaign.

Sean, we are grateful for your timely information and announcements, especially for the manner in which you introduced each of the candidates. The depth and breadth of your profiles, coupled with the insightful illustrations of each of the candidate’s platforms and interests, helped to characterize the essence of each candidate. As a result, we were able to enter the voting booth armed with degrees of knowledge, understanding and confidence, unmatched in recent voting history.

You should take pride in the fact that this year’s voter turnout is as attributable to you, as it is to the candidates themselves.

Throughout this year’s election season, you and The Patch have collectively provided not only a timely and accurate information resource, but a precision instrument of fairness and democracy.

Great Job Sean!!

Butch Brochu

Congratulations to the newly elected Council. And a sincere thank you to Jim Miller and Fred Cullum. These men have served our City nobly for years. The sacrifices made by they and their families for the Citizens of Havre de Grace are to be commended. The members of our City Council step forward to work for all Citizens for little pay and often less thanks. The knowledge and experience that comes with years of service can be invaluable. As we move forward with new faces on the dais let us praise the years of dedicated service from Fred and Jim.

Public service takes on many different stripes and flavors. I see Wardell Stansbury and Joe Kockenderfer, former councilpersons, active on the Planning Commission; Mr. Lytle on the water and sewer commission. I see former Mayor of Aberdeen, Doug Wilson active in our fair city. The beauty of local government is that it's more government than politics, though there is no question there is much of both.
I join Ms Maslin (be careful when two lawyers agree on something) in congratulating both the new and the former councilpersons, but also encourage Fred and Jim to continue to serve as they see fit . I will not be surprised to see them run for office in the future, but hope also to see them continue in their civic service in the meantime. I, too, thank them for their dedication and service.

Congratulations to Dave Glenn. Glad to see overwhelming support for a good guy.

Congratulations to the winning candidates. It is always exciting to see new faces in local government. New faces bring fresh ideas. Thank you Jim Miller and Fred Cullum. Jim always tells it how he sees it and I commend him for that. Fred seemed to always do his homework on the tough issues and because of him the good ideas are still in place and the bad have had an expiration date. I truly hope the new council members will bring prosperity to HdG. This city is a jewel that has yet to be discovered by the masses. Although the selfish side of me wants to keep every bit of it to myself. As a taxpayer/ homeowner, I hope you continue to watch out for my wallet too.

Congratulations to Glenn Smith, Bill Martin and Joseph Smith for your win yesterday. Thank you to all of the past council members for your community support. As a Bulle Rock resident I listened to all of the candidates and choose these three yesterday when I voted. I believe they will help Hdg promote business opportunities and move the community forward. Contrary to folks downtown Bulle Rock is not all about BR. We care about Hdg that is why we moved here. Change is very difficult. I can attest to this because I did not want to move here from the Jersey Shore as part of the BRAC. However, after living here for a little less than 2 years I've embraced Hdg and have come to love it along with its' slower pace. I shop here, eat here, learned to sail here, and go to church here. I truely believe if the good folks of Hdg don't look at Bulle Rock as the intruders we can make Hdg an even better place to live as we grow old together.

Congratulations to you all, lets remember all residents in HdG count. There are people at the bottom of the hill that are very important to us.Lets save money and the money that is spent lets spend wisely and help citizens keep money in their pockets.

I am glad with the election results. For the past few years City Hall has spent too much time dividing the community. Their goals may have been with good intentions but it has been a failure. When the National Guard Unit returned home they where given the old we are grateful for your service to your country. These people don't have a clue about sacrifice the returning vets don't want a pat on there back they want njobs. Something the present city hall has done little or nothing to provide. City Hall has been good at opening bars and pawn shops but not a thing at developeing industry or so little it is not worthy to mention.
Another thing that needs to be addressed is the division of town. No matter what the mayor and his bunch state this town is divided you have the east side and west side of the route 40 corridore. The east side has to make up the finicial short fallings created by the developement of the west side/ The old is paying for the new.
The east side of town will see more houses demolished because there are more low income residents and substandard houseing. People can not recover any investment made to improve these houses so houseing is a looser because of taxes, water increase and substandard houseing owned by slum lords in the same neighborhood.
I offer my best wishes to the new council members and hope they relize they do not work at the will of the mayor but will of the citizens.

I noticed that if you add up the votes for all the candidates and divide by 3, you get 1,298. However, 1,515 votes were cast, so a significant number of people did not vote for three candidates. If the 217 selections not made were distributed evenly, it would not have made a difference, and in fact - if the count is official - only Fred Cullum had a chance with those votes, and he would have needed at least half of them to beat out Smith, providing Smith got none of the others. This means that the three winners were the overwhelming choice of the voters.

Everyone is beating around this bush with these quotations. Long story short the "poor" people don't like the "wealthier" people up on the hill. I've been living here shorter and I get it, jeez...

Congrats ~ !

@kk - I can not believe you said that. "Poor" people? Really, is that what you think, that everyone that lives in town should be labeled like that. I am offended by both references, for your information, I live up on the hill and I do not want to be referred to as "wealthier" because I am not!

Congratulations to Mr. Glenn, Mr. Martin & Mr. Smith...I'm sure that they will serve the citizens of HdG, well. Thank you Mr. Cullum & Mr. Miller for your service to our great city...it was a close race! It is only fair that all of HdG is represented on the City Council and although different areas of HdG have different needs and concerns, I know that the City Council will govern with fairness and integrity as they have always, in the past. For newcomers and old-timers: we all need to co-exist and it is my hope that we will be known for our genuine community concern for one another, no matter whether we "live on the hill" or downtown.

Congratulations to Mr. Martin, Mr. Glenn & Mr. Smith on your wins yesterday. Thanks you to Mr. Cullum and Mr. Miller for your service to the City of HdG. It was a close race!! I am confident that the City Council will govern this great city with fairness and integrity, as in past years. My concern is the division of the citizens of HdG with respect to those who live "on the hill (Bulle Rock & neighboring communities)" and those who live downtown. The issues that concern HdG citizens downtown, such as the long-standing Lily Run flooding problem, preserving the waterfront & environment may not be of primary concern to those who live "on the hill". Conversely, those who live "on the hill", are interested in how they can "improve" HdG for a "better community for their children" as well as property tax rates and such. It is my hope that all the City Council members will realize and respect the position of long-standing residents as well as work with the new residents of our waterfront town, not just dismissing "old thoughts" and "old concerns" as irrelevant because the residents in the "Bulle Rock" and "hill communities" are too new to the community to know the struggles that long-standing residents have been trying to resolve. It is only fair to acknowledge that all residents have concerns and struggles and it is our community responsibility to be kind to one another and work with each other.

Congratulations to the winners! Mr Smith is a newcomer to HDG but he is like an encyclopedia of political knowledge and I know he will serve HDG well. Mr Glenn has lived in Havre De Grace most of his life and is new to politics but is truly a nice guy and I am sure will be easy to work with. Mr Martin is the only incumbent to make it this time and he is a serious candidate actively involved and concerned with his community. I am sure these three city council members will do an outstanding job representing the interests of all residents. The voters have made great choices and the best candidates have prevailed. Again, congratulations and best wishes.