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The Daily Independent ran a story questioning the procedure the City of Goodyear used to appoint its newest councilmember. Please take a look at the article written by reporter Madeline Ackley Salazar. When I put my name in the hat to run for an open position in 2012, I was interviewed in a packed meeting room with the 2 other candidates chosen as finalists. Council went into Executive Session to deliberate. Then they came out to publicly vote on the selected candidate. I was unanimously selected. It was an open process. I encourage you to follow the reporter on this story about this last selection. Considering the major issues at hand, the public should have been invited for all interviews. The public was there for mine. And that open process is so very important. I am very happy Patrick Bray was selected. I know he'll do a great job. But why not show the city why and what a great candidate he is??   With the passing of Mayor Georgia Lord and Joe Pizzillo stepping up as the city's newest mayor, the Goodyear City Council will be appointing a new councilmember. Here is a glance at the candidates who applied for an appointment to the Goodyear City Council. 23 CANDIDATES WHO APPLIED FOR THE VACANT COUNCIL SEAT Peter Barnecut Benita Beckles Patrick Bray Edward Burnett Gregg N. Clymer Alex Deshuk Melinda Diaz Chad Dodd Sharnai Fisher Tamara Floyd Sara MacInnes Gilligan Vicki Gillis Travis Gooden Lee Harding Jarrett Hickman Kimberly Hill Thomas Hillmer Jason Kish Chad Millette Paul Smiley Jeremiah Smith Roy Sunseri Christopher Sylvester 5 FINALISTS CHOSEN TO INTERVIEW TO FILL THE VACANCY Patrick Bray Gregg Clymer Jarrett Hickman Jason Kish Paul Smiley What stands out immediately is the lack of females in the chosen few. 7 women applied. That's about a 3rd of the candidates. Not a single one was chosen to interview. Of the 5 finalists to fill the vacancy, all seem to have a lot of experience and many years as residents. It appears candidate interviews will be February 22nd with the new member of the Goodyear City Council being sworn in February 28th or March 7th.  When it's all said and done, the biggest concern to me is who are the pro-parental rights candidates? While Goodyear City Council does not oversee education... the candidates are very likely to move into higher legislative roles. For instance, former councilmember Joanne Osborne is now a member of the House of Arizona State Legislature. She's recently come under fire by Corey A. DeAngelis for voting against school choice. Additionally, Garret Lewis of KNST is calling for people to "Call the RINOs Not Supporting HB 2616 Which Unmasks Kids in School" with Osborne listed as one to call. GOODYEAR, AZ AUGUST 2022 ELECTION CANDIDATES Here are the candidates, so far, running for election in August 2022.  Bottom line? Elections - and appointments - have consequences.
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Jennifer Barber is a Goodyear resident resident of almost 20 years and a retired broadcast news journalist. Involved in various nonprofit and city organizations since 2008, Barber has a unique view of what's happening in the West Valley of Arizona. 
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