Last night was such an exciting night! My good friend, Mike Baker, made his formal announcement that he was running for a seat on the Binghamton City Court in the November, 2014 election!!! I'm so proud of him! He's such an wonderful, kind, giving, loving friend and would make an amazing judge.

He has done so much for so many. It was evident last night by the large crowd that came to support him as he made his announcement. He has given so much to our community and continues to selflessly help others. Whether its his family, his parents, taking his niece on a shopping spree for her birthday, helping his landlord and other neighbors, staying late at work, working on weekends and even late on a Sunday night working on a case, serving on boards to better our community, or even making someone who felt alone feel like "one of the guys". One thing that amazes me about Mike is that he is always there for his friends no matter what time of day or night, he is there to have fun with them and more importantly he holds them up when they have fallen and lost their way. I know this personally and I thank him.

I'm just so happy to see my friend pursuing his dreams. And no matter what the outcome is, I am so proud of him and it's a good lesson to all of us to never let anything prevent you from persuing your passions. Way to go Baker!

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