Who is Pat Brink?

Pat Brink has now lived in Otsego for three years. During that time he was the editor of the Otsego View, the city's newsletter, for a year and a half. As the editor, Brink attended all the City Council meetings, the special events and sat in on commission meetings.

During his time as editor the newsletter was published six times per year, had photos, was full color and included a wide variety of  stories.  The stories were not strictly about city government, instead the newsletters included interesting people, business and events in the community

Brink has been in the public relations, communications and television news industries for more than 30 years. Today he operates his own public relations firm, Brink PR. 

As a television reporter in Southern Minnesota and the Twin Cities,  Brink covered city council, county board and school board meetings. In addition he was the political reporter who covered the legislature and the legislators.

In his public relations career Brink has worked with and for the cities of Eden Prairie,  Maple Grove and Plymouth in addition to Otsego.  Brink has also worked with school districts in Osseo, Robbinsdale and Pelican Rapids and with SouthWest Transit, Plymouth Metrolink and Maple Grove Transit.  This government experience will be very valuable as a member of the Otsego City Council.

Brink is running for City Council because he believes Otsego must do a much better job of :

   * Communicating with its residents and businesses;
   * Business development; and
   * Letting people in the Twin Cities and statewide know about 
      Otsego and what it has to offer.

These activities will  greatly help Otsego in all areas from citizen involvement to attracting new businesses and seeing Otsego become an even better city.

On Tuesday, November 6 please vote for Pat Brink for Otsego City Council.