"My time in the Navy taught me a great deal about leadership and the value of hard work.
When you're part of a ship's company, everyone has a job to do, everyone depends on the people around them and trust matters. I learned that leadership is about accepting responsibility, it means working hard to earn the trust of the people around you and understanding that your ship's and shipmates' needs come before your own.
That's why I'm endorsing Barbara Daniela Gandolfo for Ottawa City Council.
Barbara gets it. She listens. She does her homework. She understands that real leadership means serving the community's needs, not her own ambitions, and when the going gets tough, it means taking ownership of the problem rather than looking for somewhere else to place the blame.
Our politics could use more of that.
Values like honour, duty and integrity matter. Those aren't abstract words to me. They describe the standards by which we earn one another's trust.
By those standards, Barbara has earned mine.
That's why I'm proud to endorse Barbara Daniela Gandolfo for Ward 1 Orleans East-Cumberland."