Candidate for
Councilmember; City of Paso Robles

City Council: Took office December 7, 2004; Re-Elected in 2008

Work Experience: Land use consultant; Employment Agency Owner/Manager; Newspaper reporter, columnist, editor-in-chief and publisher; Electronic media news, commentary and talk show host;California Homeowners Association Lobbyist in Sacramento; Advocate in six other states, and at local governments, state and nationwide; CEO of Concerned Citizen groups in S.L.O. and Sonoma counties; College and University level department head and lecturer; Painting contractor and newspaper circulation manager in the Midwest prior to 1960.

Current Civic and Political Activities: City Council member and former Mayor Pro-Tem of the City of El Paso de Robles; President, San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG); President, San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority (SLORTA).

Member, representative or alternate representative to: Paso Robles City Council (Mayor Pro Tem 2008-2010); National Association of Regional Councils (NARC) Board Member; California Councils of Governments Board Member; LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency Joint Powers Board (Pacific Surfliner Rail Corridor) Board Member; Coast Rail Coordinating Council Alternate Board Member; Integrated Waste Management Authority (IWMA) Alternate Board Member; League of California Cities' Revenue and Taxation Policy Committee and sub-committees on State legislation and issues affecting cities; League of California Cities' Housing, Community and Economic Development Policy Committee and sub-committees on State legislation and issues affecting cities; City Voting Delegate to the League of California Cities' Annual Conference; Economic Vitality Corporation, Alternate Board Member.

City Council Liaison to:Paso Robles Main Street Association; North County Transit Policy Committee; Paso Robles Housing Authority; Library Board of Trustees.

Previous Civic and Political Activities: Partisan political party offices: youth group, clubs and Central Committee; Aide to three United States Senators (Wrote the 1954 Farm Bill for the United States); Registered expert witness on land use issues for the California Assembly (wrote amandment to the Subdivision Map Act requiring school impact considerations regarding new subdivisions); President or C.E.O. of large citizen's and special interest organizations; General Obligation Bond Co-Chairman for City of San Jose; Member Entryway Beautification Committee for City of Milpitas; Member of the Airport subcommittee of the Planning Policy Committee of Santa Clara County; Co-Chairman of the (NARC) National Association of Regional Councils' Transportation Committee on national transportation legislation and funding; Member of NARC's Economic and Community Development Committee.

Paso Robles City Council Ad Hoc Committees: Sewer Plant Design; Developer Fees; Vacant Area Specific Plans; Review Downtown Parking Management Action Plan; Finance and Investments.

Previously City Council Liaison, or alternate representative, to: Integrated Waste management Authority (IWMA); Paso Robles Chamber of Commerce; Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance; Senior Citizens' Advisory Board.

Formerly: Paso Robles Redevelopment Agency, Chairman; Economic Vitality Corporation (EVC); League of California Cities' Water Task Force; California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Committee on Repurposing of the Former Juvenile Justice Facility in Paso Robles; CDCR Committee on site and design factors for Pre-release Rehabilitation Facility.

Personal: Married: Patty Strong

Family: five adult children; six grandchildren

Education Marquette University and Lincoln University School of Law