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Dan Ridenour
I do solemnly swear to support that I will support and defend.

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Stephanie Wiechmann
That’s Dan Ridenour, being sworn in by Delaware County Circuit Court for Judge John Feick. The mayor elect and other newly elected Republican officials took oath of office ahead of the city's legislative handoff on New Year's Day. Right now, he says, the first goal he needs to attend to is to create an open, honest and transparent government.

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Stephanie Wiechmann
And he says he's excited to get started.

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Dan Ridenour
Well, we want to. We want to enact change in order because it's the right thing to do. This is not a Republican or Democrat issue in my mind. These are issues of doing it right and wanting to do it well.

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Stephanie Wiechmann
Ridenour says he's contacted officials in other local cities to help new Muncie city employees who have never worked in government before get acclimated and offer guidance. Newly elected Democrats will be sworn in on Monday evening. Then, as Delaware County GOP Chair Victor Whitehead puts it,

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Victor Whitehead
Change starts Wednesday, folks.

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Stephanie Wiechmann
In Muncie. Stephanie Wiechmann, IPR news.