 Mayor Benjamin, members of council, newly elected member of council, city manager, members of the staff, and friends. I want to thank all of you for the recent election. And I see many of you in the audience today that participated vitally in that election. And it means a lot to me to be able to continue to serve. It has been my great honor to have served the last four years on the Columbia City Council. I have worked in municipal government all of my adult life on either the elected side or the administrative side. I have worked with and taught both municipal elected officials and the fine appointed employees who make us elected officials look good. In the last four years, I've gotten to know many of our staff and the great employees of the city of Columbia. I can tell the citizens of the city of Columbia that we have a great staff that is as good or better than any municipal employees in the state of South Carolina. Our city manager has hired the brightest and the best. And they work hard to make our city worthy of being called the capital of the state of South Carolina, as the mayor just mentioned. I look forward to being with all of you during the next four years. And as the mayor said, here am I, send me. And remember, we are Columbia.