By Traci Chapman/Staff Writer
published Dec. 30, 2007

Mustang City Councilman Scott Gibson says he hopes to change his life, his career and the county in a bid for District 2 Canadian County commissioner.

“This is fundamentally a career change for me,” he said. “I’ve been doing what I’ve been doing for 20-some odd years, and I’ve been a part of Mustang city government for about 19 years. Why not do something I do well and serve the county in the process?”

Don Young has been District 2 commissioner for 17 years. Young was first elected to office in 1986 and served continuously until Mustang builder Monty Keely unseated him in 1996. Young took the seat back in 2000, beating Keely 1,443 to 1,114.

Young has said the county commissioner job is a full-time position. Gibson said he took those comments to heart and talked to his employer of 21 years, P.B. Hoidale Co., about what an election would mean to his work schedule with the company.

“My plan is to be a full-time commissioner and work only one account for my current employer,” he said. “In this day and age with a laptop and cell phones, this should be reasonably easy to handle. If I find this too difficult, then I’ll only work as the county commissioner.”