Bill Richardson for San Angelo City Council Single Member District one

Bill Richardson

for SMD1

Vote May 11, 2013.

New Ideas!

Involving Everyone!

Maintain Core Services such as: public safety, streets and bridges, water resources, water and sewer, etc.

Encourage and investigate new ideas such as the Street Maintenance Sales Tax. Controlling the Red Arroyo flooding to use the water as a city water source as proposed by the Upper Colorado River Authority.

Propose the deepening of Lake Nasworthy to hold a larger amount of water.

Opposing "blending" untreated water from the Hickory Aquifer into our reservoirs and rivers.



Work to upgrade Fire and Police Department facilities and equipment. Increase employee benefits and incentives. Security for city employees.

Oppose the involvement of the San Angelo Fire Fighters Association donating money and material to San Angelo City Council Candidates.

Work to upgrade, repair and maintain streets on a priority basis.

Support south side development. Oppose concentration on only one area. (downtown.)

　

Work to combine old fire training site with Glenmore Park for parking & safer entrance to the park.

Work to support fine arts and community recreational facilities.

Establish an annual multicultural outdoor festival promoting foods, dress, customs and art from individual Native American, Black American, Mid-Eastern, European, Mexican, Central/South American and Asian cultures.

Work to foster and build communication and respect between San Angelo City Council and Citizens. We need to be pragmatic, not grandiose.

I want all areas of the city and all citizens to be treated equally by San Angelo City Government. I have an open door policy with no obligations to big business or the real estate business.

BIO.

Retired Cartographic Technologist from the Alberta Government where I worked with, Climatologists, Foresters, Biologists, Planners, Computer Programmers & Analysts, and GIS staff. Planned and saw large $ projects to completion. Coordinated government to private sector contracts. Understand the strategic planning process & how government works.

Studied Municipal Planning, Road, Canal & Dam Construction, Graphic Arts, Computer Programming, Topographic and Planimetric Mapping and more at Northern Alberta Institute of Technology.

Studied Architectural/Mechanical Drafting & Design and Electrical Technology at the college level.

58 years mature, married with one son. Choose to live in San Angelo [Texas.] Lived here for 18 years and have stake in the community. I became an American Citizen in 2006.

Phone 325-227-2958

w.richardson@suddenlink.net