To the citizens of Suwannee County I want to say thank you for allowing me the honor of taking this most magnificent journey with you. As we peer into the future of Suwannee County I am so very excited about the possibilities of what our tomorrow holds. We can, if we endeavor to have it, a safer, stronger community than ever before. I don't just believe this, I know it to be true!
My wife and I have been a part of this community for more than twenty seven years now. All of our three daughters were born and have been raised right here in Suwannee County. It is our home and we want it to be the very best it can be. While we have an amazing school system in Suwannee County my wife and I chose to raise our three daughters in a homeschool environment, on the single income of a police officer. In the process we learned the value of a dollar and how to stretch it. We learned that future planning and goal setting was not just beneficial but essential for a successful outcome. We learned that we would need the strength of others and the support of a community to lean into to increase our abilities and resources along the way. Most of all we learned that the application of hard work over time is the most important ingredient of any worthwhile goal or purpose.
Having been recruited into Law Enforcement more than two decades ago by the late Chief of Police Nolan McCleod I have developed a deep and consuming love for my profession. I have worked hard over those years to increase in knowledge and perfect my craft. I have a growing passion to see this community encounter a level of law enforcement that it has never experienced before. I dream of a Suwannee County where dangerous drugs simply do not exist. Where our roadways are so well attended that driving cultures are naturally safe, and secure of the dangers that threaten our families. I picture our community coming together on the issues of animal control, safer schools, churches and recreational areas. As well as litter reduction, and lowered crime rates. I believe that the office of the Sheriff can set the tone for this type of community standard by leading as an example from top to bottom. By calling those who serve as employees to stand for great and noble things and a return to the stiff backs and broad shoulders of what this profession is intended to be. I fear we face a future with the possibility that our way of life is dwindling in this country and there are those who would see our freedoms lessened or lost. I want to live in a community that works to strengthen itself daily and stands in opposition to weak and vulnerable thinking that leads to a relinquishing of our rights and freedoms.I truly believe we can become just such a community. I believe that the greatest calling of a Sheriff and his deputies is to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America. I hope you will take the time to look into my background and my vision for this community. You can find out more about me on my website at, Rountreeforsherriff.com. My family and I eagerly look forward to serving you in the days and years to come.
Political advertisement paid for and approved by Jason Rountree, Republican, for Suwannee County Sheriff.