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About me
- Current Councilmember & Past Mayor for 8 Years
- Resident 41 years
- 35 Years of Extensive City Involvement
- 2007 Citizen of the Year
- Charter Member of the Ed! Foundation Superintendent's Roundtable
- Devoted Husband for 42 Years
- Wife, Nancy, Retired Teacher, Richmond Street School
- Daughters, Jennifer & Jill, are ESUSD Graduates & El Segundo Homeowners
- Four Grandchildren, are/will be ESUSD Students
- IT Director at El Segundo based company, Glentek
- Automobile Driving Museum Docent & Driver
- Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) member
- Amateur Radio (Ham) operator
- Directed operations/volunteers at our yearly Super CPR Saturday event
Accomplishments & Continued Efforts
- Balanced budgets to ensure financial stability
- Defined/implementing economic development strategy to continue to attract& retain businesses to increase tax revenue streams
- Increased public safety affordability without jeopardizing safety
- Understand legal restraints with respect to employee pensions
- Air Force Base retention during past & future BRAC rounds
- LAX: Early turn camera system; LAX sound insulation program funding; Noise mitigation negotiations
(we've come a long way, but still have lots of work to do)
- City-School Library & Joint Use Agreements
- Southern California Edison issue resolutions
- Most Business Friendly City designation
- Program to preserve and/or replace our city trees
- Dedicated funds/ensured LEED Certified Fire Station 2 was built
- Douglas Street extension completion
- Campus El Segundo athletic fields
- Improved Recreation & Parks programs
Community Leadership
- City Council: 1984 - 1996; 2004 - Present
- Mayor: 1988 - 1996 (didn't seek re-election in 1996)
- LAX Area Advisory Committee
- LAX Petitioners Advisory Committee
- FAA Roundtable
- Aviation Safety & Noise Abatement Committee
- Senior Citizens' Housing Board
- Hyperion Citizens Forum
- Los Angeles County Sanitation District
- El Segundo Chamber of Commerce Board Member & Committee Chair
- Economic Development Advisory Committee
- Founding member of Ed! Foundation Superintendent's Roundtable
- Chevron Community Advisory Panel
- Planning Commission
- SBCCOG Homeland Security
- El Segundo Disaster Council
- Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
- RACES (Disaster Amateur Radio)
- Los Angeles County Vector Control District
- Municipal Area Express
- Automobile Driving Museum Docent & Driver
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