Residents of the Third Ward, you have the unique opportunity to replace experience with experience by electing Ryan Holley to Bowling Green City Council. In November the residents of Bowling Green’s Third Ward will elect a new City Council representative for the first time since 2009. The Third Ward has been fortunate to have been served for the last 10 years by Mike Aspacher – an honorable and capable public servant who will continue to serve as our mayor.
I am excited that Ryan Holley has chosen to run and offer the benefit of his experience as a city council member, and I am pleased to offer my strong and unequivocal endorsement of his candidacy. Ryan is running for city council for all the right reasons, he loves Bowling Green, and most importantly he sees its potential.
Ryan is married and the father of three young children, a business owner who, if elected, will be the only Bowling Green business owner on City Council and thus able to offer a very unique and important perspective to city governance. He has served on the Bowling Green Planning Commission for nine years, rare experience for a council candidate in any year. Ryan knows how the city operates and the people who make it happen. His work on the Planning Commission has made him very familiar with the issues and priorities in the Future Land Use Plan. He teaches business at BGSU. He spent 13 years managing his family’s apartment business and has a running start to finding solutions to housing-related issues across the city.
It is not often that a community has an opportunity to elect someone as qualified and committed to public service as is Ryan Holley. He has managed businesses, he teaches business at the university level, and he currently owns and runs a business in Bowling Green. He is uniquely situated to help Bowling Green City Council continue its efforts to create and maintain a sustainable economic development strategy to attract development in the form of new housing and businesses, and to make it easier for current business to grow. I look forward to serving with Ryan on city council and I ask that you vote for Ryan Holley on November 5.
Greg Robinette
Bowling Green
