The primary election results are in and I didn’t make it. I apologize for the delay in getting this out. I actually thought I had sent it weeks ago. Eleven months after I filed to run for the Democratic nomination for County Council in District One and sixteen months after I began to seriously explore
Sometimes when I talk about a greener, healthier Montgomery County that supports working families, I mention my personal and lifestyle commitments to saving energy, building solar, composting, bicycling, work place representation and other issues. But energy and the environment are not the only issues that I have a personal connection to. There are a number
Greener The Montgomery County Council recently passed a resolution declaring a climate emergency, one of the first jurisdictions in the country to do so. But resolutionary politics is easy; resolute action is more difficult. Taking positive steps to reduce our greenhouse gases intersects with many different policy areas. Development How we grow our county will
I married my wife many years ago. At the time, she had three teenage children. A few years afterwards, Donna was about seven months pregnant with our child, and we were on a cross country ski vacation with friends when I attempted something that was pretty reckless. Skipping the details of my stupidity, I found
After I stopped working with the tools, my career took a different direction. I earned an MBA from Penn State, Harrisburg, and my Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) designation from the Wharton School and the IFEBP. I have spent the last 25+ years trying to bring labor and management together on benefit issues, primarily health