Campaign Phone
6163048490
Age
65
Candidate Information
•Retired Educator (34 year Career) •Parks & Trees Commissioner (10 Years) •Plainwell Resident (17 Years) •Advocate for: -Transparency in Government= Informed Public -Responsible Development of the Mill Property -Maintaining Plainwell’s Natural Beauty -Responsible Care for the River & Race -Fair Business Practices
I am a retired public school teacher (34 year career). I worked with adjudicated adolescents as well as elementary special needs students.
I've served on the Plainwell Parks & Trees Commission for the last 10+ years. During my time with Plainwell P&T, I helped make recommendations for the installation of the Dog Park, the Pollinator Garden, and several improvement projects for Parks around the City.
Rachel and I have lived in Plainwell's Walnut Woods Ct. neighborhood since 2009.
The balance and practical locations of residential, commercial, and industrial zoning.
Green Space for recreation and natural beauty.
Environmentally responsible development in and around the Kalamazoo River and Mill Race, both of which run directly through the City of Plainwell.
Transparency with regard to (community consensus vs unilateral) decision making.
Unilateral decision making is the antithesis of government of, by, and for the people. Government is not a business and should never be run as such.
Building community involvement requires every effort to provide communication to our citizens. I plan to routinely reach out to Plainwell citizens via social media, user-friendly access to the City Government Website, door to door canvassing, mailings, periodic surveys, etc. in order to accomplish this.
It is important to make citizens aware that they have a voice, and it is to the benefit of all of us to encourage that voice to be heard.
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Campaign Phone
269-760-4063
Age
66
Candidate Information
I'm a lifetime resident of City of Plainwell and Graduate of Plainwell HS class of 1978. I grew up on Gladys St. and was blessed to live in a time and place that the small town of Plainwell provided. Employed with Plainwell Paper Co for 12 years until shutdown of the mill in 2000. .
Lifetime resident of Plainwell
Current member on Parks and Trees committee
Prior elected two terms on City Council 91-98
Mayor Pro-Tem first term
Retired Army Iraq Veteran
Life member and volunteer Plainwell VFW 9377
Member and Volunteer American Legion 0084
Volunteer Michigan Veterans Home (Grand Rapids)
No One Dies Alone Program
Volunteer Red Cross Local Blood Drive
As a Operations Supervisor, Michigan National Guard. Served as senior manager for day to day operations. Performed continuous analysis and refinement of organization readiness data to ensure validity, currency, accuracy, and availability.
Provided training and assistance to operations officer, and organization personnel, on reporting procedures and other matters pertaining to readiness.
Planned and administrated medical readiness of 126 soldiers.
Maintained working relationships with local officials and community organizations, for a variety of purposes such as, building security coordination with police, suitability investigations, building rental, emergency operations and homeland security, and to provide public information about the National Guard.
Managed and personally responsible for over 9 million dollars’ worth of military equipment.
Survivor Outreach Services Coordinator, Michigan August 2019-2023
Served as the long-term support advocate for surviving family members of soldiers who died on Active Duty.
Coordinated with casualty assistance officers and casualty assistance center staff to assure a smooth transition from short term to long-term assistance.
Provided support, information, and services for all entitled benefits those families are entitled too.
Worked to develop partnerships with local VFWs, American Legion, and State and County Veterans Organizations.
Leadership Skills
Selfless Service
Customer Care
Information and transparency to City taxpayers
Fiscal accountability/responsibility
Completion of Mill Property
I will be available to all tax payers at anytime for information and questions they may have. I will explain all of my decision's to the taxpayers at the time of vote during Council meetings. Will seek questions and ideas from citizens to help them and myself to improve the City and services they receive. Any payment I receive as a City Council Member will be put back to the tax payers as donations to flower fund, trees, improvement to our parks. Will be involved in monitoring City budget , and all expenses to ensure the best service for the taxpayers of the City.
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