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| DATE OF BIRTH: | November 19, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH: | Maquoketa, Iowa |
| SPOUSE: | James |
| CHILDREN: | James Jr., Jeannette (Jeannie), Alice Marie, four grandchildren |
| RESIDENCE & MAILING ADDRESS: | 3068 Badger Road North Pole, AK 99705 |
| OCCUPATION: | Accounting and Business Management |
| LENGTH OF RESIDENCY IN ALASKA: 21 years |
Anchorage: 1975-77 Fairbanks: 1977-80 North Pole: 1980-present |
EDUCATION:
High School: Woodburn, Oregon
Technical/Vocational: Merritt Davis School of Commerce, Salem,
Oregon, Public Accounting
College/University: University of Alaska Anchorage, 1 year;
University of Alaska Fairbanks, misc. express courses
POLITICAL AND GOVERNMENT POSITIONS:
House of Representatives, elected 1992 and 1994; Republican
Party, District Treasurer and Vice-Chair; Chair, Fairbanks North
Star Borough Platting Board; Fairbanks North Star Borough
Planning Commission; North Pole Economic Development
Committee
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS:
Accounting and Business Management: James Business
Services, 1975-1994; Jolly Acres Motel, 1987-present
SERVICE ORGANIZATION(S) MEMBERSHIP:
North Pole Rotary, North Pole Chamber of Commerce, Air Force
Association
SPECIAL INTERESTS:
International Training in Communication, children interests, parents'
rights and family values
I would put legislative priorities in this order:
Regulation reform, economic development
opportunities, quality education (including U of A) and
health care accessibility. Additional areas of concern
are maintenance of public facilities, highway and road
maintenance, parents' rights and family values.
A successful society is one where everyone who is able
to work can have a paycheck. This paycheck must be
sufficient to meet their basic needs, including health
care and education. Foremost in our consideration must
be economic development and job opportunities.
Government ought not to provide these jobs, however,
government must provide a climate where private
industry, development and investment can grow. Only
when a society is sufficiently employed can the social
issues be addressed satisfactorily.
Extensive government involvement in our lives over
recent years has created a dependent society.
Desperation is rampant and many have lost their
initiative to be self-sufficient.
In a democratic society, government is of the people, by
the people and for the people. Democracies fail when
the people learn they can personally benefit from their
collective largesse.
Reducing government will be painful. But, reduce we
must, first because we can no longer pay the price and as
well the people's motivation for self support is waning.
We didn't get to this status overnight, and the most
important thing to remember is that change needs to
come in little successes. The debate is important and
more people need to be involved in the solutions.
Communication makes a difference.