Dear Voters,
Thank you for taking the time to visit this web site. Your wanting to learn more about
my reasons for seeking re-election is appreciated. In taking office in January 2007, I faced many challenges,
being a new office holder and elected official. With these challenges came great opportunities to create an
office that was run efficiently and professionally. With great
satisfaction, we have accomplished both.
Working with Wise County Teen Court has been a focus for this administration, since taking office. There has been created an in-house collections program, and a staff has been assembled that is dedicated to efficiency and hard work. It is with great pride to say, that since our first audit in 2007, we have passed with flying colors. This is not an easy task when you are in the care of more than a million dollars a year.
New office equipment and training have allowed us to go paperless, which has, in turn, aided in better customer service and better budgeting. You will be happy to know that the non-personnel Precinct #2 budget has been kept level or lower for two years, while establishing a merit system and office personnel handbook for your court clerks. A juvenile case manager in this office has been established to assist ME to hold juvenile defendants and their parents accountable, while treating them with compassion and educating them about their mistakes.
The Precinct #2 JP Court Staff has turned over $5,000 to local merchants regarding IBC/THEFT Restitution. They have made collections effeciently on over $350,000 in old debts, WITHOUT the use of outside professional help.
Through volunteering with programs such as TEEN COURT, TEENS IN THE DRIVERS SEAT, JR. ACHIVMENT and STAR COUNCIL, my re-election can offer youth (the leaders of tomorrow) a firsthand opportunity to correct mistakes, while positively impacting their lives.
I want your vote this MARCH 2, 2010, so that I can continue to greet these challenges that this office will face with hard work, integrity, efficiency, innovation and compassion.
Proud to Serve Wise County,
