July 19, 1997
Looking at the picture of my wife and me that I have posted to the right, I decided to add that title. When we were engaged I remember saying one of the things that attracted me to her was that I liked who I was when I was with her. I'm glad that she said 'yes' and continue to thank her for that. She's the best!
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Keith Christensen- CEO of SLC
CEO of SLC? Trust me, nothing could be better. I work for the government and have seen time and again the value of having what we call private sector people in office. I'll admit that I was more than a little wary of having our now Governor Huntsman take office, but now I look at what he's done and how he's been able to focus on being efficient and cutting back on government spending and all the tax surpluses we've seen. I'm impressed.
When I first saw Keith's name for mayor and found out that he was being backed by Rocky I just passed right over his name. I don't think we've had a more adversarial, confrontational, and divisive mayor than Rocky and this has helped him to get lots of media attention, but has always left a bad taste in my mouth. To that end, it has been a huge disadvantage to him since even his good ideas (yes, it's true, there are some out there) are not well received since I automatically think he's working some angle or his prior divisiveness has just left ash in my mouth and I have a hard time listening to anything else he says. Knowing this, yes, I had a hard time accepting Keith as a viable candidate, but now I am 100% for him.
Think of this...SLC has a budget of what? About 600-650 million dollars? How many employees? Though it isn't, it can easily be compared to a very large company. The skills that Keith has in private industry totally put him ahead of the game in leadership for the mayoral office. He just has a different way of doing things because in his business you either have to make it work, or you're out. And this can happen fast. I remember watching the first Ghostbusters where Dan Aykroyd is getting kicked out of his cushy office where they were living off of research grants from the University and he is scared of "making it". He tells Bill Murray, "You don't know what it's like in the private sector...they expect results.".
If you vote for Keith that is exactly what you'll get...results. He is just better equipped to solve our problems from crime to environment issues, cutting back in spending to bringing people together. Just take a look. www.keithformayor.com. Also try going to one of the mayoral debates. There is about one a week this month. Ask him a question...then you'll see what I have- a person you can vote FOR instead of voting against someone, a leader and a person who will make a positive change for SLC.
When I first saw Keith's name for mayor and found out that he was being backed by Rocky I just passed right over his name. I don't think we've had a more adversarial, confrontational, and divisive mayor than Rocky and this has helped him to get lots of media attention, but has always left a bad taste in my mouth. To that end, it has been a huge disadvantage to him since even his good ideas (yes, it's true, there are some out there) are not well received since I automatically think he's working some angle or his prior divisiveness has just left ash in my mouth and I have a hard time listening to anything else he says. Knowing this, yes, I had a hard time accepting Keith as a viable candidate, but now I am 100% for him.
Think of this...SLC has a budget of what? About 600-650 million dollars? How many employees? Though it isn't, it can easily be compared to a very large company. The skills that Keith has in private industry totally put him ahead of the game in leadership for the mayoral office. He just has a different way of doing things because in his business you either have to make it work, or you're out. And this can happen fast. I remember watching the first Ghostbusters where Dan Aykroyd is getting kicked out of his cushy office where they were living off of research grants from the University and he is scared of "making it". He tells Bill Murray, "You don't know what it's like in the private sector...they expect results.".
If you vote for Keith that is exactly what you'll get...results. He is just better equipped to solve our problems from crime to environment issues, cutting back in spending to bringing people together. Just take a look. www.keithformayor.com. Also try going to one of the mayoral debates. There is about one a week this month. Ask him a question...then you'll see what I have- a person you can vote FOR instead of voting against someone, a leader and a person who will make a positive change for SLC.
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