Would you like to meet the Candidates running for office in our local area?
We have a “Meet the Candidates” event scheduled in Thornton off Hwy 7 between Quebec and Yosemite:
- Friday September 23, 2016
- 2-3 pm
- Blue Sage Room
- Heritage Todd Creek Community Center
- 8455 Heritage Dr. Thornton, CO.
Seating is limited to please RSVP to make sure we have a big enough room with plenty of seats text or call 720-416-1984 or Carra@CarraRiley.com
Jenise May: Candidate for State Senate District 25
https://www.facebook.com/MayFor25/
Jenise is a 4th generation Colorado native, and grew up in the Denver area. Her parents are working class folks who value personal responsibility, social causes that are effective and fiscal accountability. Her dad was a small business owner who started several auto upholstery shops, and her mother worked in human services for Adams County.
In the legislature Janise was appointed to the Joint Budget Committee in her first term. Some of the accomplishments were: allowed Community Colleges to offer 4-year degrees in applied sciences, establishing a statewide child welfare hotline for abused and neglected children, increased the TABOR reserved to 6%, increase higher education funding and capped tuition increase, reduced business property taxes while still increasing K-12 funding. I now want to continue to take that experience and those values and represent the people of Senate District 25 in the state legislature.
Matt Snider: Candidate for State Representative Colorado House District 56
http://www.mattsnider4colorado.com/about-matt-snider/
https://www.facebook.com/matt.snider.
Matt Snider is retired from the IT profession. In a 26+ year IT career, he I owned and operated a network consulting and computer systems sales and support company in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. His company was one of the area’s first Apple Authorized Value Added Resellers. Matt partnered with Apple long before it was popular and helped put it on the map by promoting the advantages of the Macintosh’s graphical user interface and mouse-driven interactive control.
Matt graduated from Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University in 1999 with a Master of Divinity degree. He was ordained a deacon in the United Methodist Church in 1998 and currently serves as the Assistant Pastor at Simpson United Methodist Church in Arvada. Prior to serving there, he volunteered as fill-in clergy whenever needed at Smoky Hill United Methodist Church for nearly two years.
Currently Matt, serves as an elected Director and the Secretary/Treasurer of Beacon Point Metropolitan District. A member of the Long Range Facilities Planning Committee and the Attendance Boundary and the Innovation Subcommittees of the Cherry Creek School District. Previously the Chair of the combined Adams-Arapahoe Counties House District 56 Central Committee from 2012-2015. Matt has been involved with numerous other volunteer activities of both political and non-profit nature starting at a young age.
Mary Hodge: Candidate for Adams County Commissioner
http://www.maryhodgeforadams.com/
https://www.facebook.com/maryhodgeforadams/
https://ballotpedia.org/Mary_Hodge
Mary Hodge has served in House District 30 and Senate District 25.
As Chair and Vice-Chair of the Joint Budget Committee, she worked to pass budgets with historic bipartisan support. By working collaboratively, they restored the homestead tax exemption for seniors, stopped the cuts to education funding, and funded an economic development office that will work to bring new businesses and jobs to Colorado. This kind of action is what she will take to Adams County as the next County Commissioner.
Mary plans to continue my record of working together to get the job done in Adams County the same way she did at the State level. She wants to continue to responsibly grow the Adams County workforce to create long term economic growth. Adams County must find ways to invest in innovative, 21st-century classrooms by putting partisanship aside, and focusing on results.
Mary Hodge is a member of the Colorado State Senate, representing District 25. She was first elected to the chamber in 2008.
Hodge is not running for re-election to the Colorado State Senate in 2016 because she is term-limited. Hodge served in the Colorado House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008. She is currently Member/Co-Captain/Captain 36B of the Precinct Committee and a member of the Adams County Democratic Party.
As the next representative of District 5 on the County Commission, Hodge also plans to introduce recommendations that will encourage business growth, conserve water rights for the area, address transportation issues and encourage regional partnerships.
She wants the Adams County Commission to consider ways to make available a county-wide preschool program, with support for students on a post-high school basis.
Mary also wants to build on the successful adoption of Referendum 1A, which recently gave Adams County the power to share in the economic development of the area surrounding Denver International Airport Hodge has served in the State Legislature since 2001, first in the House of Representatives and currently in the Senate. She has served the communities of Brighton, N. Aurora, Bennett, Watkins, Strasburg and parts of Thornton. She is known for her efforts on behalf of the establishment of spaceports at locations such as Front Range Airport; and she has worked tirelessly in the area of water laws, keeping those laws flexible while maintaining prior appropriation doctrine.
Charles “Chaz” Tadesco: Candidate for County Commissioner District 2
https://www.facebook.com/ChazforAdamsCounty
Commissioner Charles “Chaz” Tedesco grew up and attended school in Adams County. He has been married to Bernadette Padilla since 1996 and they have a daughter, Amber.
After serving honorably in the United States Navy, Chaz was a Master Mechanic for 23 years as well as a member of the United Steelworkers Union. He has been an officer of the union since 1996 and president of United Steelworkers since 2005. This role has enabled him to experience a wide variety of circumstances requiring the need for strong leadership, while balancing the needs of workers and corporations.
Chaz was elected as Adams County Commissioner, District 2, in November 2012 and was sworn into office on Jan. 8, 2013.
Chaz is a leader, willing to take on the tough issues. Standing his ground in the best interest of his community. He has worked tirelessly to improve the “Integrity & Transparency” of Adams County governance.
Chaz was born at Denver General Hospital in Denver. After living several years in foster homes, he was adopted by a loving family at the age of four and has lived in Adams County the majority of his life. Having lived in five of the counties, nine municipalities, he understands the issue we are currently faced with and appreciates the past we have lived through.
With enormous growth happening all around us, Chaz has consistently worked to find ways of dealing with homelessness, Veterans issues, food deserts, failing infrastructure and access to “Livable wage jobs”. Rail and road opportunities are always on his mind working with partners both locally and federally to insure our county receives its fair share.
Joe Salazar: Candidate for State Representative House District 31
https://www.facebook.com/Joe-Salazar-for-HD-31-218886381526327/
While growing up Joe Salazar would dream about what it would be like to be raised on the farm in Colorado’s San Luis Valley or on the ranch in northern New Mexico. His family had been farmers and ranchers there for numerous generations. His parents made the decision to raise the family in Thornton because they wanted us to have every opportunity life could offer.
Joe was 4 years old when they moved to Thornton. At that time, there was hardly anything north of 120th Avenue, except for farmland. His is proud to say he has grown up alongside the City of Thornton, attending Woodglenn Elementary, Northeast Junior High School , and graduating from Thornton High School in 1989.
Growing up in Thornton was the best thing his parents could have done for him. Joe went on to graduate from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Then became a civil rights and criminal investigator for the State of Colorado. In 2003, he graduated from the University of Denver with a law degree and started his own firm where he fights for the unemployed and disadvantaged individuals against bad government. Joe Salazar has spent his whole adult life making sure that the rights of hard working Coloradans are protected.
HOMEBUYER SAVINGS ACCOUNT LAW GOES INTO EFFECT
Rep. Joe Salazar’s new law creating a state income tax deduction for first-time homebuyer savings accounts goes into effect today, making it easier to save for the biggest investment many Coloradans will ever make.
“One of the biggest barriers to home ownership in Colorado is the difficulty of saving enough for a down payment,” said Rep. Salazar, D-Thornton. “Today we begin to empower more Coloradans to become homebuyers. This is a practical step to make housing more affordable in Colorado.”
HB16-1467, sponsored by Rep. Salazar with Majority Leader Crisanta Duran, D-Denver, allows Coloradans to designate a new or existing savings account as a tax-free first-time homebuyer’s account.
The new law was written to encourage a broad variety of investments. Parents, for example, can set up homebuyer accounts for their children.
The bill passed the state legislature this year and was signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper. Its effective date, the 90th day after the legislative session ended, is August 10th.
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Follow this event and we will update as more candidates confirm they can make it.
Right now we are hoping to hear from three additional candidates:
Dave Young (District Attorney)
Eva Henry (County Commissioner)
Morgan Carroll (Congress).
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