It has been a busy time since my last letter. We had an election. I finished first in my race, but did not get enough to win without a runoff election. The runoff will be Aug. 5.

I received 6,239 of your votes, which was 45.67 percent. I thank each and every one of you for the trust that you placed in me by casting your vote for me.

I have run for office before and helped many others to run. It is always a deeply humbling experience to me to realize that real people have expressed real trust by casting their votes.

Since there is a runoff election, you are still needed to come back out and cast your vote, based on your assessment of the candidates. I ask you, of course, to please give me your vote again.

As a commissioner, and a candidate, I am different than most. I try to honestly communicate with you. I try to let you know where I stand on issues so that you can decide if you support me or if you do not.

I don’t go along to get along. Because of that, I expect that I will be outspent and “out-endorsed” in a big way. That is no change from the past.

If I had supported the big pay raise and the defined benefit plan for county employees, or if I had gone along with the illegal executive sessions or with making the minutes more difficult to use or with holding a retreat in Callaway Gardens, they might not have gone out and found a candidate to run against me.

But, I did what I think was right and now, the only endorsement I really want is yours.

If those in power don’t much like me, I can live with that. My purpose isn’t to work for them; I work for you. I think of my service on the commission as my opportunity to be “in the world, but not of it.”

Thanks again for your votes. Please come out on Aug. 5, or early vote the week before.

If you want to help out, or contact me, my website is www.peterpfeifer.com. My telephone is 770-487-2654.

Peter Pfeifer

County Commission, Post 3

Peachtree City, Ga.