One thing you learn very early in the news business is that change is constant and inevitable.  Sometimes, the changes are welcome.  Other times, there are changes you hate to see.

Two people handling public and media relations for the City of Fishers are moving on to new challenges.  That is welcome for each of them, but it is a change I hate to see.

When you cover a city as a news reporter, you get to know the media relations people. Sometimes the relationship is good.  Other times it is not.

The two people leaving the City of Fishers are top-notch professionals in the field.  When you are dealing with media relations professionals it is very easy doing your journalistic duties.

First, Autumn Gasior will be moving on to pursue new opportunities.  When dealing with Autumn, it was always clear to me she knew what she was doing.  In the usual give and take that goes on, Autumn always knew how to answer my questions.  We had a certain level of trust that benefited my new blog readers and the city administration.  I have not experienced that in every journalistic experience during my years as a reporter.

Second, Casey Cawthorn is moving on to work for a large and respected media company in Indianapolis.  She has shown me her professional credentials in the way she has handled her job at City Hall. Casey is a very good writer.

Both ladies possess the talents needed to get the city’s message out and to answer those hard questions posed by pesky reporters like me.  They both did it with style.

Here is the part I want to express as clearly as I can.  Autumn and Casey are good people – plain and simple.  That’s why I am going to miss working with them on a regular basis.

I wish Autumn and Casey the very best in their new endeavors.  I am certain they will be very successful.

I trust that whomever replaces them at City Hall will be professionals and be good people as well.  Scott Fadness seems to have a knack for hiring the best people.

But as 2017 gets started I will miss Autumn and Casey.  Thanks for all you have done in service to the city that I have called home for 25 years.