Unique Qualifications

A Lifetime of Experience!
  • Currently Arcadia City Councilman for District 5
  • Arcadia Resident 37 Years. Raised my family here.
  • Retired Music Director at First Avenue Middle School (33yrs)
  • Former Arcadia Teachers Union President (ATA) (500 Teachers)
  • Arcadia Rotary Board
  • Arcadia Performing Arts Foundation Board
  • Clerk of the Arcadia Friends Community Church Elder Board
  • I have the hours necessary to properly serve the City

Successful Leadership Experience:

  • Management
  • Personnel
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Unions
  • Fiscal Responsibility and Budgeting from years of service in Schools
  • Teachers Union
  • Rotary
  • The Arts Foundation
  • Church Board

Lifetime Record of Volunteerism and Service to Arcadia:

  • PTA, Arcadia Music Clubs, Scoutmaster Troop 111, AYSO soccer coach, Arcadia Rotary, Arcadia Arts Council and the Arcadia Performing Arts Foundation
  • Personal connection with students, families, Seniors, community leaders, the School Board, church, service organizations, the Arcadia Schools, and friends.

My Platform

  • Public Safety: First class Police and Fire departments, making sure our homes, schools and streets are secure, reducing crime, protecting our investments, businesses, and property values.
  • Reasonable and responsible residential building standards and compatible commercial development.
  • Fiscally sound and sustainable budgets, communicated in a clear transparent manner
  • Maintaining our nationally acclaimed school system
  • Fostering caring connected neighborhoods that respect and value traditions and diverse cultures