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Jacob looked at the neatly typed letter that was on his desk Next to it was his pill box and a glass of water He looked at his desk clock; 12:30 pm He shook out the four pills in Monday's tray and then threw theenerous ss of water It was ti up from his desk, he put on his black jacket and button up the last two buttons Picking up his prewritten statement he then headed for the pressroom The room was already filled withon His son Markus and his wife holding their newborn were standing behind the curtain waiting on hiht smile as he nodded his head and then patted his son on the back

"You're the right person for the job"

Jacob then walked onto the stage where he was greeted with a s ovation He nodded his head in thanks to those ere there to support hi public as he readied hi announcement

"My fellow Aldermen, Mayor, Constituents: Today I wanted to let you know that I a my retirement effective immediately for health reasons" He didn't want to delve to deeply in his personal probleeneral "It co able to keep ation with you for the duration of my term I've served my community for a little over a year; I've made some new friends and fond memories and you all will beas your liaison conveying and carrying out your wishes to the government I remain convicted in my beliefs of the importance of our traditional values of honesty, objectivity, i all the work that we do

Turning to the future, I have not left you without leadership Therefore it is withover the duration of raduate of Stanford University and Northwestern Law School He has served under the tutelage offor the people" Jacob's words were passionate and everyone could see that he wasto see hihly of his son