Mayor Ready to Work With Anyone
By Mike Siroky
Pilot News
PLYMOUTH � As the highest-ranking elected Democrat in Marshall County, Plymouth Mayor Jim Yeazel woke up Wednesday to find himself still living in a Republican world, after his party mates were soundly thumped in Election 2002.
�But, you know, I�ve been going through this stuff since I got back home from World War II,� he said. �I was telling my wife this morning, that not much changes.
�I was elected four times as Justice of the Peace. Then I lost three times. I ran for city judge and got beat. I ran for county recorded and got beat. I got beat for other things.
�With President Bush in and his people talking about a war, I guess I was surprised nationally. The main thing, especially with this sweep nationally, is to let the dust settle and start again.�
If he was surprised at all in the local outcomes, it was the fact his party lost the District 17 Indiana House seats after two generations of Cooks held the position.
And, perhaps, the loss of Mary Joe Finley in the Center Township Trustee race. She had given up her seat in on the township advisory board and another Democrat incumbent also lost to a make it an All-Republican board.
�Mary Jo worked hard,� Yeazel said. �She really wanted to make a difference.
�Like I said, the warlords will let the dust settle and we, Democrats, as a group will just start again.�
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