SECOND TERM, January 2009 – January 2013
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Left $81 million in property taxpayers’ pockets
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Refused campaign contributions from special interests, lobbyists, and county contractors
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Spearheaded money-saving Community Health Screening program
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Reduced cost of Ada County’s trash contract by $750,000
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Funded the county justice center’s Executive Director position
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Chaired the Hazard Mitigation Plan Committee
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Reduced parking rates at the Ada County courthouse
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Teamed with ACHD and ITD to install signal and crosswalk in front of courthouse
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Identified the need for security cameras in unsupervised jail classrooms for instructor safety
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Purchased foreclosed foothills land linking Ridge-to-Rivers trails to the Avimor trail system
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Obtained the necessary support to remove Ada County Misdemeanor Probation from poorly-managed private control
FIRST TERM, January 2001 – January 2003
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Prompted a $6 million property tax rebate by revealing, and objecting to, the county’s $20 million slush fund
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Saved $7 million for taxpayers on an emergency radio system by questioning the initial, more costly, proposal
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Saved $412,000 a year (ongoing) on pre-sentence investigators
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Called for replacement of a life-threatening 9-1-1 dispatch system months before all other local leaders
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Objected to Lariat Productions’ takeover of Les Bois Park, which turned harmful almost immediately
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