Hi, my name is Kevin Loechner and I would like to thank the 622 voters who took a chance on "the new guy" last May. I'd also like to thank the 85 voters who signed my nominating petitions to give me a chance at representing them on the Board of Library Trustees. Finally, I'd like to thank those who helped me collect signatures, talked to their friends, held a sign, gave me advice, made a donation, and most of all my wife for her support and advice throughout this campaign.

Also, congratulations to Frank on his win, and I'd like to thank him for being a kind and gracious opponent. I know that he will keep the best interests of our library at heart over the next two years, and I really enjoyed the discussion we shared at the temple's candidate forum. I also appreciated the nice things he said about me while at the Senior Center event.

This site will stay active. I plan to blog on issues related to our local library, events being held by the library and its affiliated organization, as well as innovative ways we can work towards implementing the 21st Century library platform that I ran on during the campaign. I hope fellow Hullonians and library supporters from all around will drop in to join the conversation. Together we will build a stronger library, a more connected community, and a more vibrant democracy.

My platform consists of the four ingredients I believe to be critical for having a 21st Century Library in our town.

Visibility
Funding
Infrastructure
Your Input! What do YOU want from YOUR library?*

Thank you for your time and consideration and I hope you will consider making me your choice for the two-year library trustee seat on May 21st. The link below is to a blog which has some additional ideas on keeping a free and public library thriving in the 21st century.

Join the discussion to bring a 21st Century Library to Hull!

* - If elected, I will add a section for constituent discussion of library issues to this website