I believe strongly in preserving our resources. After leaving Democracy Live, I found this local company that makes recyclable plastic cups from partially recycled material. I started at the bottom, and in two years, I became the company’s expert on food safety and potential contamination issues.This company has closed its doors.

We started Democracy Live as an individual voter information platform that would deliver candidate information to each voter, based on his or her ballot options. In 2010, Federal legislation required each jurisdiction to deliver ballots electronically to Military and Overseas voters. We were able to deliver the electronic ballots, using each county’s existing ballot data. I was instrumental in guiding the development of the Democracy Live technology through the labyrinth of election rules and options to achieve a perfect result in every case.During this time, I supplemented my income at times working in a lumberyard and building independent web sites.

I was promoted from Chief Recording Deputy to Elections Supervisor. Elections in the early 2000s were under great scrutiny and change. As a result of Federal grants that were made available to upgrade elections systems, I was able to purchase all new hardware and software for the office. Because of this change, procedures had to be updated in accordance with existing laws and rules.

The Chief Recording Deputy is in charge of all current and historical real estate records within the county. These records include, among others, deeds; deeds of trust; land surveys; and plat maps.While serving as Chief Recording Deputy, I simultaneously served as administrator for the Liberty Document Imaging System for all county offices.

I came to the Auditor’s office after a move to Washington State so that my family could be closer to my aging parents. Prior to this move, I had a successful career in lithography in the Midwest.My proudest accomplishment in this position was to upgrade and enhance an existing MSAccess database to improve speed and accuracy in distributing copies of plat and survey maps to county customers.