Leadership

Elected to Beaufort’s City Council in 2006, Mike Sutton has the leadership credentials our city needs.

Mike has demonstrated his leadership skills in one of the most proven arenas, military service.  During his twenty-years in the Coast Guard, he served as the senior instructor and Coast Guard liaison to the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Training Command at Pearl Harbor, where he developed and executed emergency response training programs for military commands throughout the Pacific. 

Later in his career, he served as the response supervisor for the Coast Guard’s National Strike Force, responding to maritime disasters around the world. 

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Energy

Nobody works harder for Beaufort than Mike Sutton. His hands-on approach to problem-solving is the first thing you notice about Mike.

Take this year’s Block-By-Block program for restoration in the Northwest Quadrant, for instance. For years, our City was ineffective in finding a way to work with low- to moderate-income residents in our Historic District.  Finding a process to upgrade housing that was deteriorating, barely habitable, and often unsafe was as much a challenge of coordination and expertise as it was one of dollars. 

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Integrity

Mike Sutton has seen what happens when personal financial interests and political ambition coincide. He is a proven reformer who will restore trust to our City Hall.

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“We have been impressed by Mike’s preparedness on City Council, his leadership, and his ability to control budgets and make the city more efficient.”

Richard and Joyce Gray

“I admire Mike’s integrity and the fact that he is beholden to no one in his civic duties and puts the welfare of Beaufort first.”

Steve Brown
Steve Brown Catering

“There is no doubt in my mind that Mike Sutton is the best qualified candidate to lead Beaufort into the future. He is the right person at the right time for Mayor.”

Stuart Wagner
Col. USMC (ret.)