BIRTHPLACE: Warner Robbins, Georgia
YEARS IN CLINTON: 28
FAMILY: wife, Leslie, children: Taylor (25), Seth (22), Katie (11), and Josh (10)
OCCUPATION: Henry County Assessor
EDUCATION: High School, Knob Knoster, BA Criminal Justice Administration at UCM, and MA Public Service Administration at UCM
FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MEMORY: spending summers with my grandparents in Georgia
FIRST JOB: Orange Julius – a mall shake-shop at age 14
FAVORITE BAND: Journey or REO Speedwagon
WHAT DO YOU VALUE MOST IN YOUR FRIENDS? Loyalty and dependability; trustworthiness
HOBBIES: “Ask me after my last kids graduate.”
I HOPE I NEVER HAVE TO: “I don’t want to outlive my children.”
I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO? “Do anything musical and that is best for everyone.”
MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: “It is hard to rank them.”
IF I WON THE LOTTERY I WOULD: “I don’t think my life would change – but I would do good things with the money, maybe create a perpetual graduation fund for students to fund their college education.”
FUTURE GOAL: “To get through this re-assessment year.”
WHAT IS THE BEST THING ABOUT LIVING IN CLINTON? “It has a great cross section of people. We chose to live here and could have chosen anywhere else.”
WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST FEAR? “That my children and grandchildren will not grow up in the same America I grew up in.”
WHICH PERSON DO YOU ADMIRE MOST? “JC Smith – he did so many things for so many people and never sought recognition for it.”
WORDS TO LIVE BY: “Peace is not the absence of conflict; it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.” – “Ronald Reagan said it – I hope you remember this when your assessment comes out.”
