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Candidate Joshua Evans
1. Please state your age: N/A
2. Please state your education: Mountain Empire Community College
Graduate 2006, Summa Cum Laude, Associate in Applied Science Degree, Police
Science Major. Currently a Senior at UVA-Wise, Government major with concentration
in Public Administration
3. Please state your current job position(s): Currently employed
by Dickenson County Public Service Authority, Part-Time, and a full time student at UVA-Wise.
4. Please state any past relevant work experience: Employed by
Town of Clintwood Water Department from 2004-2006, Part-Time
5. Please state the goals you want to accomplish if you are elected:
(see question 7 & 8)
6. Please state the biggest concern(s), in your opinion, that affects
our area: The biggest concern affecting Dickenson County economically
is transporation. Businesses look at Dickenson County and see intelligent,
hard working people , essential necessities such as easy water and wasetewater
accessibility, and the technology necessary to operate a business in the
21st century. The problem is, however, that you cannot quickly and easily
reach these tremendous assets.
7. Please state what you would do to address those concerns: I plan
to aggresively pursue funds and action from the General Assembly to aide
us in addressing this critical issue. I intend to do all I can to make
sure that the plans for the Pound By-Pass are completely carried out as
was recently passed by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. I will push
our state delegate and senator to ensure that we are being equally and fairly
represented on this issue. Roads are the cornerstone to any stable infastructure
and I hope to be the leader of the massive improvement that it's going to
take to tackle this pressing issue.
8. Please state why you should be elected: I would like to see greater
press coverage of Board meetings to renew accountability to the Board of
Supervisors and to involve the public in its local government. I would like
to be the leader on an aggressive push to recruit bussiness and offer greater
job opportunities for Dickenson County by improving and updating our infastructure.
I want to stop wasteful spending in order to achieve a stable and balanced
budget with a surplus that creates the possiblity of future tax cuts for
the citizens of Dickenson County and enables us to aide our precious communities
in whatever way possible.
I would like to one day be able to offer some form of higher education in
Dickenson County rather than have our young people leave the county and
never look back or be forced to drive 45+ minutes to college.
Campaign Website: http://www.joshevans.dickensonctyva.net/index.html
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