Kids These Days...

I was just perusing the Texas Monthly website looking for an interesting article to write about when “Meet the 18-Year Old Mayor of Archer City” jumped out at me. What! That’s just a kid! Of course I clicked open the article and started reading. Turns out, Archer City is a pretty small town (about 1,800 residents) and the new mayor, Kelvin Green, has been a well known local all his life and was uncontested in his candidacy. Green recently graduated high school and was sworn in by his father and godmother, who happened to be the city secretary. Green is the town’s youngest mayor (not surprisingly), and faces many challenges in his new mayoral term; Archer City’s water sources are drying up at accelerated speeds. Piping water in from another town would be much too costly for the small city’s budget and many residents may find themselves having to pack up and head out of town. Despite his young age and inexperience, most of Archer City’s residents seem confident in their newly elected mayor. After his first City Council Meeting where the drought issue was discussed, all the City Council members clapped and congratulated him on his good work. I thought this article was quite inspirational, and I hope this ambitious young man can prove himself a worthy mayor and that his story becomes famous for young people all over the nation to hear.