New Kent Mayor Dana Ralph issued the following media release as she begins her four-year term:<\/p>\n
It is hard to believe that 2018 is already here, but I am excited about the year ahead and all that it holds for the Kent community.<\/em><\/p>\n After six years as a Kent City Council member, serving as your mayor will be a new role for me, but a challenge I am honored to take on. I will work closely with City Council, staff, residents and businesses to move Kent forward and to continue our transformation into a city that we are all proud to call home.<\/em><\/p>\n As we work toward a shared future, I will:<\/em><\/p>\n • Strive to make sure all residents’ voices are heard<\/em><\/p>\n • Build on Mayor Suzette Cooke’s legacy of accessibility and transparency<\/em><\/p>\n • Meet with individuals, community groups and businesses to listen to and better understand your hopes, dreams, challenges and concerns<\/em><\/p>\n • Encourage all residents to be engaged<\/em><\/p>\n • Embrace our differences and build on our strengths<\/em><\/p>\n I am excited about Kent’s future and hope you’ll join me in shaping our city.<\/em><\/p>\n Let’s get started!<\/em><\/p>\n ~ Mayor Dana Ralph<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Looks forward to challenge of new role after six years on City Council <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":32228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-32227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32227"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32227"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=32227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}