{"id":50945,"date":"2026-04-28T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=50945"},"modified":"2026-04-27T10:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T14:33:47","slug":"holtsberry-seeks-re-election-highlights-record-of-service-and-community-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/holtsberry-seeks-re-election-highlights-record-of-service-and-community-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"Holtsberry Seeks Re-Election, Highlights Record of Service and Community Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Commissioner Mark Holtsberry, a resident of Jackson Township, is seeking re-election as your County Commissioner in the May primary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over eleven years ago, he became a person who did not say why, but a person who said why not. Holtsberry’s goal was, and always has been, to help improve the quality of life for over the 18,000 citizens of this county. Not all his decision making is done in the office two days a week, but out of the office in after hour meetings with the boards he serves on. This reflects the commitment to the success of our citizens of all ages. Every year the Commissioner’s office has invested monies into the safety and welfare through the Sheriff’s Department, Prosecutors Office, Emergency Management, Health Department and Soil and Water, just to name a few. Holtsberry has personally donated money several times to the Parks Board. Even defending them in court from being abolished. He is not afraid to stand alone even if the odds are not in his favor. He feels by standing alone, showing conviction, people will see what the right thing to do is. The Commissioner\u2019s office has invested monies into Economic Development and the Land Bank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The success that the Land Bank has had in our County is very noticeable. The Commissioner’s office has the right people in the right places to get creative and make bold moves towards progress. With the use of American Relief Act monies, Holtsberry takes pride in knowing that our Court House has new energy efficient windows Broadband installed in numerous sections of the county. When other counties spend $100,000.00 dollars for studies for broadband, Holtsberry picked up a landline phone and reached out to educators for advice. Our County has seen growth through partnerships. Investing into job creation, retention and various infrastructure projects as well as projects dealing with the growth of our own various park projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holtsberry’s goal of reaching out for state and federal monies to further assist in the current county programs is still in place. Our Senior Center, Parks Board, Senior Citizen Home Repair Program, Help Me Grow infant and youth program, just to name a few, have benefited from extra funding that Holtsberry has secured. His time spent with various community service programs has been very rewarding to him. He will never say no if some group wants him to speak. He is honored to be invited to speak, help out where he can, providing words of comfort or motivate others. With is conservative Christian values, which he was taught at an early age, he will continue to stand up for our citizens of our county. He is reminded what his mother told him a month before she passed away, “I taught you to be a leader, not a leaner.” It has been a wonderful pleasure to serve the citizens of this county for the past eleven years. God Bless you, our county and our country!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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