Accomplishments
* Successfully fought the proposed county-wide building permit during my first month in office
* Co-sponsor of ordinance that created the Bryant Collector and Assessor's offices
* Co-sponsored county night-time juvenile curfew
* Ridden in the field with the sheriff's deputies and sat with our 9-1-1 dispatchers to see the circumstances they face daily
* Started process to have turning lanes added to the Hwy 167 widening project
* Served on the following Quorum Court Committees: Public Works, Long-Range Planning, Jail, Airport, Library, Fair, Planning, and Road and Bridge
* Continuing efforts to keep the East End substation/communications center of the Saline County Sheriff's Office open and staffed
* Worked with the East End Community Justice Council to start and promote community crime watch programs in our neighborhoods
* Fought successfully to keep our polling places and voting precincts from being drastically changed
* Obtained more uniform speed limits on our main roads in East End.
* Supported the construction of new Saline County Jail. The new jail opened January 2007.
* Assisted with the establishment of the "Keep Saline Clean" anti-litter program
* Made sure that our county employees' voices were heard when they said that they wanted to keep the current health insurance plan instead of changing to another insurance carrier
* Sponsored resolution supporting the current state statutes and the effort for a state and federal marriage ammendment to keep traditional marriage between one man and one woman. This was passed in the June 2004 regular Quorum Court meeting with unanimous co-sponsorship.
* Fully supportive of the weather alert radio distribution program to provide each household in Saline County with a weather alert radio.
* Working with other county officials to establish a county-wide animal control program.
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