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The Candidate
I grew up back in the 60’s & 70’s in NW Ohio and later moved to Colorado to pursue a college degree in renewable energy program. Soon after moving to Colorado, I met my future wife Cindy and 9 months later we were married, then three years later our son Kenny was born.
My family and I moved to Treasure valley in the early 1990’s after getting a job offer from Micron. During my time with Micron/Intel, I worked with yield analysis group on computer chip product to determine ways to improve yields. After taking early retirement in summer of 2016, we decided to move to Nampa where we found a great vibrant community we very much enjoy living in.
Over the years I have spent a great amount of time working as a volunteer in several different organizations. For over 10 years I was with Boy Scout Ore-Ida council as both Pack/Troop Scout leader and planner for Winter & Spring camporees. My son and I, along with several other boys went camping over 50 times during boy scout years including going camping every month for 3 years straight. I also help my son and several other boys in earning their Eagle badges along with working at their community service projects. Also, during this time, I was a youth soccer coach helping both boys and girls learning athletic skill and teaching them how to be good sportsman. Squeezed in during this time, I was also involved with local habitat for humanity in building couple homes for families in need of a quality-built home.
Back in 2008 I got involve with University County extension as master gardener helping local folks about issues they have with their trees/lawns/backyard gardens and even teaching gardening classes, my specialty is teaching how to grow your own garlic. Over the last 3 years, I joined a small group within master gardeners where we have grown over 2000 vegetable/herb and flower plants each year. We then distribute these plants in early May to Wicap, St Clare’s food panty and Caldwell Salvation Army to about 320 families.
So why am I running you ask; for the last several years, my family and I have been very disturbed by the trend in what we’ve been reading in our local newspapers, watching on local news channels, and listening to on our local radio station, about issues we see as extreme. So, instead of continuing to sit on the sideline and just complain and write to “letters to editor”, I knew we needed a change in representation at Idaho State House to protect us from fundamentalist extremists. So, after talking with a couple folks Kim and Penny from the local 2C Dems committee late last summer, I decided with a nervous look from my wife Cindy to run for State Representative against the person who has made a short career of targeting our local libraries and librarians.
So, with your help, we will work at supporting:
· Local Librarians/Libraries because of new target on them.
·Voting rights for all by not limiting Absentee ballots and supporting ballot Initiatives.
·Promoting Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for all.
·Providing Quality, Accessible Health care for all those in need.
·Expanding Public Education including Infrastructure and saying No to school vouchers.
·Giving Women the right to make their own health decisions.
·Keeping our Water, we drink and Air we breathe clean and safe for everyone.
·Keeping our Democracy in check while fighting Extremism and Corruption.
