ROY BUSKIRK ALLEN COUNTY COUNCILMAN DISCLOSES SERIOUS HEALTH CONCERNS

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ALLEN COUNTY COUNCILMAN AT LARGE ROY BUSKIRK HAS PUBLICLY DISCLOSED TO THE MEDIA HE HAS LIVER CANCER WHICH HAS SPREAD TO HIS BONES . GRAVE HEALTH CONCERNS FOR THE PUBLIC
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Gina Burgess

6 hrs · 

SPECIAL THANKS TO AND SPECIAL PRAYERS for County Councilman Roy Buskirk. For the past several months, Roy has been privately fighting liver cancer. Earlier today, he had the courage to share that private battle publically. He also shared that the cancer had progressed from his liver to his bones.

First, I'd like to publically thank Roy for his continued public leadership. And I mean that with the utmost sincerity and respect. Roy and I are both fiscal conservatives. There have been times when he and I didn't see eye-to-eye, but during those times Roy always...ALWAYS...kept the lines of communication opened. And I have always been grateful for that...and its helped to make me a better person. I am grateful for that as well.

Second, I'd like to publically thank Roy for having the courage to share his private health care battle publically. The reason I refer to this act as courageous is because there is apt to be a few misguided folks who will take this disclosure out of context and will somehow twist this into some sort of political maneuver. And while lesser people may use such tricks, Roy is above all of that. Yes, Roy is running for re-election, but he does so as a true public servant and not for self-serving purposes. (And to those that may wrongfully entertain the idea that Roy is making this disclosure as part of some sort of campaign strategy---you are woefully, woefully wrong. Roy is the top county council vote-getter for the past two County Council elections he's participated in. Roy has achieved this advantage by campaigning year-round and relying on his own resources. And that's a matter of public records---2008 and 2012 election results and campaign finance records).

At the end of the day, Roy is more than a County Councilman. He is a public servant, a husband, a father, and a mentor. Please keep him and his family in your thoughts and prayers as he continues to fight the good fight.

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Allen County Council president says he has cancer, to continue to serve

By Kayla Crandall -21Alive

August 18, 2016Updated Aug 18, 2016 at 1:45 PM EDT

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ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (21Alive) -- During Thursday's Allen County Council meeting, Council President Roy Buskirk announced he had liver cancer.

Even worse, Buskirk said the cancer has spread to his bones.

He told council that he plans to serve while he is seeking treatment.

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