Candidate, West Virginia House of Delegates, District 1, 2012

Candidate, County Commissioner, 1998

Member, Brooke County Economic Development Authority

Advisory Member, Brooke County Historical Landmarks Commission

Chairman, Brooke County Planning Commission

Member, Brooke-Hancock Regional Planning and Development Council

Member, Brooke-Hancock-Jefferson Metropolitan Planning Commission

Member, Technical Advisory Committee

Employee, Weirton Steel

Co-Founder/Co-Chairman, Brooke County Fair

Advisory Member, Brooke County Historical Landmarks Commission

Member, Brooke County Museum Commission

Member, Colliers Sportsman Club

Member, Colliers Volunteer Fire Department

Charter Member, Cove Company 2, Weirton Volunteer Fire Department

Member, Franklin Community Volunteer Fire Department

Advisory Member, Hancock County Museum Commission

Member, Northern Ohio Valley Area Search and Rescue Team

Member, Weirton Museum and Cultural Center

Member, Weirton Renaissance Festival Committee

Honorary Member, Weirton Steel 25 Year Club

Favorite Movie:

Hollywood Knights, Harlem Knights, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Goodfellas, Godfather, Star Wars, Indiana Jones

Favorite Musician:

Pink Floyd, ZZTop, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, Led Zepplin, Allman Brothers, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blind Faith, CSN, CDB, Neil Young, SRV, Hendrix, Janice Joplin, Alison Krauss, The Gourds

Favorite Quote:

"I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country."
George Washington

"Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them."
Ronald Reagan

"Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life."
Jimmy Dean

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
Thomas Jefferson

"Any people that would give up liberty for a little temporary safety deserves neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin

"Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
John Adams

Hobbies or Special Talents:

Family, emergency services, history, sports, genealogy, politics