My wife Claire and I moved to Oliver 22 years ago from Calgary. We have 3 grown children who all graduated from SOSS and 4 wonderful grandchildren.

I work for Growers Supply here in Oliver as the Packaging Manager.

While my children attended school, I was PAC Chairperson at SOSS for 7 years and the announcer at SOSS Basketball games.

Currently I am on the executive of the Knights of Columbus, a volunteer for the annual Christmas Food Hamper Drive and the Chairperson of the Airport Advisory Committee.

Platform:

Encourage residential and commercial growth within town limits to increase our tax base and offer expanded employment opportunities to our citizens. An expanded tax base will help to moderate future tax rate increases, a major concern for a large portion of our citizens.

I would like to see Council be more aggressive on low income housing, a real need in our community. Previously, a parcel of land was designated for low income housing. We should be working with the various service organizations in Oliver and higher levels of government to see if we can’t make some headway on this issue.

Oliver has a once in decades opportunity to market this community to the 250 families that will be moving to the South Okanagan to work at the new Correctional Facility. We need a focused effort by Council to ensure that these families know that Oliver wants them to be part of our community.

Marketing Oliver not only as the Wine Capital of Canada, but also as a golf, agri-tourism and fitness playground will enhance our chances of increasing tourism and attracting a hotel for Oliver.

Encourage our youth to get involved in Civic Government. I would like to see a Youth Advisory Committee created to provide input to Council on issues that concern our youth.

I believe that Oliver is a great place to live, work, raise a family or retire. I am proud to live in Oliver and hope to be able to represent you in making Oliver an even better community.

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