Campbell looks back at his time as North Vernon Mayor

Longtime North Vernon Mayor Harold “Soup” Campbell has stepped down. Campbell was a fixture in both city and county government in Jennings County. The former Sheriff and city councilman explains that it was the city’s water issues that initially influenced him to run for Mayor…

Campbell said that infrastructure isn’t a popular issue…until something goes wrong with it…

Campbell added that the neglected infrastructure issues led to some difficult decisions in his early years as Mayor…

Campbell added that he was proud of all of the infrastructure improvements that were accomplished under his administration. However, he added that the work is not finished and that future city leaders need to make sure that they’re not tempted to forego maintenance for other, seemingly more popular, projects that will garner them more attention.