Sam A. Johnson
Party: Non-Partisan
Candidate for: Grant County PUD Commissioner A-At Large
Incumbent? No
Age: 57
Hometown: Desert Aire
Occupation: 31 Years in Hydro Operations
50-word statement:
As PUD Commissioner, my 31 years of experience in Hydro Power, 25 for Grant County PUD, will provide an ability to ask tough, knowledgeable questions insuring that managements attitude, goals, and knowledge support/focus on the best interests of the PUD, employees, dams, other valuable assets, and especially its owner/rate payers.
Three priorities:
1 - Stop unnecessary Rate increases
2 - Focus on Hydro - our key asset of the owner/ratepayers and the key to low rates
3 - Restore the undersdtanding that the Commissioners are and must provide the check-and-balance for their managements decicions and spending.
E-mail address: sjohnson@smwireless.net
Phone number: (509) 932-4752
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