Paul Kelly (2001-08) and John Kelly (SVC 1969-77)
Thirty-year-old Paul Kelly attended St Virgil’s College from 2001-2008. In 2015 he developed Motor Neurone Disease and was given a life expectancy of three to five years, but he continues to defy the odds. He is no longer able to walk talk or type. However, Paul uses technology that tracks his eye movement and hence he is able to ‘work' his computer.
Paul is the son of John Kelly (SVC 1969-77 and 2014 Heritage Roll Inductee). John is a current candidate for the Lord Mayoral position for the Hobart City Council. You can take a look at this entertaining video of his campaign here:
https://www.facebook.com/johnkellyformayor/videos/473972637988803
Paul, who has a degree in communications, has become John’s campaign manager. To quote John from The Mercury article on September 27: “Without any complaint and with total dedication and professionalism Paul has been my secret weapon in my Hobart City Council election campaign. All of the social media formatting, posting is controlled by Paul and we meet twice daily to strategise and monitor the campaign. He is a one man campaign team.”
And in the same article Paul talks about his father’s mayoral bid, “Dad has been born and bred for the role of Lord Mayor. He knows Hobart like the back of his hand and has been entrenched in the community his entire life. He knows how to get a job done. I am proud to get behind him. “
Our best wishes go to both of them.
Picture: Richard Marks.
