Previous Offices Held
Served as Sheriff Oxford County, 16 years (1991-2006) police chief, Town of Paris (1980-1990)
Top Three Priorities
1. Making sure that the county stays within their budget each year, 2. Making sure that taxpayers dollars are in line for the services being offered. 3. Keeping an open line of communication with all of the towns in Oxford County .
Why are you running?
I believe that my past involvement with town, county and state government puts me in a positive position to give back some of that knowledge.
What is the biggest challenge facing your town/county? The biggest opportunity?
I know one of the biggest challenges is balancing taxpayers' dollars with services being provided. One of the biggest opportunities is continuing to have a positive open door for new ideas for making county better in an effort to provide services.
If you could change one thing about how the town/county functions, what would it be and why?
Not so much a change of their functioning as figuring out what the various levels of government could do to work more closely together for a positive outcome for the taxpayer.
Do you support more development – i.e. more housing construction and business building in your town/county? Why or why not?
I believe more development is a positive step — as long as that development is the right fit and is a benefit not a burden to current taxpayers.