Margie Berrie, the strong-willed former county commissioner, died this week. She lost reelection to Gary Wilson in 2004. She could be difficult to work with, apparently, but her entry into public service is a great story — she took up a cause close to her – improving the cemetery where her husband was buried - and then ran for public office based on the experience.
Margie also gets credit for being open-minded during the debate over whether to create the county administrator's position. She changed her mind during the discussion and eventually voted for it, which kind of run counters to her reputation has hardheaded.
She also was a women who started her own trucking company. I'd love to hear more of that story ....
I enjoyed bumping into Margie in the grocery store. She'd always ask about my kids, and sometimes rib me for not endorsing her outright in the election that she lost.
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