Brad Peck
Party: None
Candidate for: Franklin County Commissioner
Incumbent? No
Age: 49
Hometown: Pasco, WA
Occupation: Small Business Owner
50-word statement: This year Franklin Commissioners found time to vote
themselves pay raises and company cars but claimed no time to update
district boundaries.
About me:
1 - Managed multi-million dollar budgets, complex construction projects.
2 - Led teams of nearly 400 people.
3 - Bachelors and Masters from Washington State universities.
4 - Built multiple profitable small businesses.
5 - Restoring the Moore Mansion.
Three priorities:
I will:
* Ensure your tax dollars are respected and used wisely
* Support immediate redistricting
*Strongly support private landowner rights
*Address power and water issues impacting us all.
*Attack lingering issues like Hwy 170 repairs, Juniper Dunes access and our
jail system.
*Enhance County support of small business and agricultural
*Pursue light industrial and manufacturing businesses to diversify tax base.
*Make Franklin County government (elected officials and employees)
accountable to the citizenry through open, transparent practices.
Web site: www.bradpeck.org
E-mail address: lbp@charter.net
Phone number: 509-547-0336
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