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As of yesterday, 7,502 people had early voted in the 2022 Primary Election. One of those people was my amazing mother, Florence Barakat.
I am so proud to be her daughter. She instilled in me my core values: honesty, integrity, grace and hard work. We were taught to live by the Golden Rule “Treat others the way you want to be treated”.
When I first ran for City Council as the District 4 rep my parents voted at Westminster Presbyterian Church. I remember my dad, Fred Barakat, calling me on Election Day to tell me that he was first in line to vote. He told me how important it was to him to cast the first vote.
We lost him 11 years ago. Not a day goes by that we don’t think of him. I know that he would be proud and that once again he would be first in line.
There are lots of athletic metaphors being tossed around about “leadership”. I was raised by a triple All American in baseball, football and basketball. Drafted by the NY Giants and the NY Knicks. He was a division I basketball coach. He taught me teamwork and leadership. He taught me that you had to be in the game to play the game. Don’t let people fool you. They’ve been sitting on the sidelines.
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