Michael Titus running for Sand Springs City Council Ward 1

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Sand Springs City Council candidate Michael Titus stands in front of a Christmas light display

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The following letter was submitted to Sandite Pride News by City Council candidate Michael Titus, of Ward 1.

Titus is running against Michael L. Phillips and Cody Worrell for the Ward 1 seat vacated by Phil Nollan. The non-partisan primary election will be held February 8th and only Ward 1 residents will be eligible to vote.

The voter registration deadline for the election is January 14th. The deadline to request an absentee ballot is January 24th at 5:00 p.m. Early voting will be February 3-4th from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Tulsa County Election Board office. Absentee ballots must be received by 7:00 p.m. on February 8th.

My name is Michael Titus. I saw a need when the Ward 1 City Council was left vacated. I am elated to see, and we are very fortunate, to now have three excellent candidates to choose from.

I have previously served as the Ward 1 city councilman for six years. One of those years, I served as mayor.

I have lived in Sand Springs for over 27 years. My children attended the Sand Springs schools as they were growing up.

I live with my beautiful wife of over 40 years. We have a rescue dog that we adopted twelve years ago and a cat that we recently inherited. I enjoy taking our dog for walks around the Sand Springs Lake in my spare time. 

I have a Master of Science degree. I think learning is a lifetime experience and that you should never stop learning and challenging yourself. As someone who works in the computer field, I am constantly learning new and evolving technologies. I became interested in technology at a young age. My high school offered Radio-TV electronics training. Electronics and mathematics became something that I could not get enough of. I am very glad to see our new STEM center in Sand Springs. I hope that the STEM center will spark interests in our youth the way that my Radio-TV electronics class did for me.

I have been employed by the Cherokees for the past eighteen plus years. My current title is Senior Application Systems Analyst.

I think that our current City Council has been doing a wonderful job. However, I would like to see more police visibility on the streets and improvements to the Sand Springs lake and the fishing there. I have also always felt that we needed public swimming pools for the children in the summer. As someone who is maturing (I am 67), I am very interested in opportunities for seniors and in ways to attract and keep more retirees in Sand Springs.

Serving on the City Council is about serving the people. You are there to represent the people and to be accountable to them. I have always tried to find ways to improve our city and to help citizens.  I miss the involvement with our City and look forward to serving again.