Local Elected Accomplishments

• Duportial Bridge: Reduced the term Richland citizens would have to pay on the Duportail Bridge.  From a 20 year term the prior city council approved, to getting it paid off in under 4 years.  Without raising taxes or fees! Saving tax payers 16 years of payments on the bridge Campaign Promise Completed!
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• Reduced Emergency Respones Times in Richland:  Built two new fire stations in Richland, hired an addittional 24 fire fighters without rasing taxes, fees and without taking away from any other projects. Found the funding sources and went after them.  In turn this provided more quality of life for area citizens and lowered response time which is key for medical emergencies such as cardiac arrest.  This takes someone with financial experience, along with carefull planning. I will bring this experience to Benton County as your next Benton County Commissioner.  
• Tri-City Animal Shelter:  Richland, Kennewick and Pasco were budgeting to build a new animal shelter each putting up to $2 million dollars to build it.  City of Richland had $1.5 million and needed an additional $500,000 to meet its obligation.  Using my financial experience, I contacted the mayor and gave him my proposal on how to get the additional funding and then I contacted the city manager.  Later that day, the city manager emailed the rest of city council the proposal.  My proposal for the additional funding did not take away from other city projects nor did it require raising any city fees or taxes to taxpayers to fund it!   City Council approved my proposal, and we came up with the money to fund Richlands portion of the much-needed animal shelter, once again without raises taxes or fees!  This was a win, win for the citizens of Richland and the entire Tri-Cities!
• City of Richland and Youth Sports Associations:  I worked very hard to get a fair deal for our youth sports organizations who lease Richlands sports fields from the city.  Talks had stalled between city staff and youth sports organizations.  I called for a special workshop for city council to see how we could get talks back on track and make it affordable for our youth to play on our fields.  Many youth sports organizations thanked me for the help. 

There are too many projects I have led or been a part of that saved taxpayer’s money, improved our parks and trails, and simply improved quality of life for Richland & Benton County citizens which is my number one priority!