John Garner is one of five candidates in the running for four seats on Galax City Council in the May 1 election.
As his term ends June 30, it will be 12 years the incumbent has served on council.
He is fit to continue, he said, because if you’re on council, “you already know what’s going on, you have a grasp of the issues and many of those issues continue to be before us. We have addressed many of those issues before and you know the positive things.”