Letter: Pat Heiden is ready to serve

I am supporting Pat Heiden for Johnson County Supervisor. I have known and worked with Heiden for over 20 years. She has the personality, dedication to community service and broad experience to do this job well.

As executive director of Oaknoll Retirement Residence, she has demonstrated excellent management skills, strong fiscal responsibility and insightful planning. She is a woman of integrity. She knows how to collaborate with others for effective change and has served on the boards of several community organizations.

Most importantly, she cares. She cares about people, quality of life and Johnson County. She does not avoid difficult issues or decisions. She works hard at gathering information. She listens well and is respectful of all points of view. She honestly expresses her own ideas. She works toward consensus and, if consensus is not possible, she makes the decision being certain to explain the rationale behind her action.

Although she has spent her adult life in Iowa City, she was raised on a dairy farm in Western Iowa. She understands that Johnson County has many constituencies and she would represent all of Johnson County. Join me in voting for her in the Democratic primary election on June 7.

Diane Ely

Iowa City