Councilmember Appointment

Just a note to confirm the Modesto Bee article that came out this morning.

The Riverbank City Council voted 3-1 to appoint David I. White to the vacancy left by the resignation of Kathy Anaya.

I am very excited about this appointment as I have seen first-hand how much Mr. White cares about the City of Riverbank and the community of Crossroads. His dedication to bringing the Crossroads Community  into the “fold” of the City of Riverbank in general is an extremely important issue for me as Mayor of Riverbank.

We cannot afford to have 2,3,4 or 5 “Riverbanks”. We must find a way for all of them to come together as one community. I believe this can be addressed by making Riverbank more “connected” through the way development is handled in the future. I also believe that our soon-to-be-completed General Plan speaks well to this issue. But that is a topic for another discussion.

Anyhow, I have to say that all of last night’s applicants for the position were well qualified. For me, Mr. White’s involvement with various community meetings and his recent involvement with the Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Department sold me on his abilities to lead and to work with others in the city, on staff and on the City Council.

Now the only difficulty will be the fact that we have a Dave White and a David White on the Council.

Welcome aboard David, now the work begins.