To the Editor:

I have known Bruce Kaplan for 33 years and consider him a friend. We were in the Jaycees together, where he chaired a number of projects that I worked on with him. He has proven leadership skills.

People naturally follow him because he is innovative, fair, honest, open, respectful and inclusive. I have prayed for Bruce’s family when they had some health issues with their son Jacob. I have observed him as an elected trustee and know he has the backs of the residents and businesses. He is not the politician “type” and is as humble now as when I met I first met him.