Ron is a proven leader in his business, civic and community life.   

• Ron considers his Council service a full time job. He's there to serve the City and the citizens whenever they need him. Ron is 'up to speed' on issues because of his current service on the City Council, over 20 years of prevous experience at City Hall and over 35 years of experience in business.

• His ability as a leader during times of crisis has earned him the trust and confidence of his peers.

• Ron's leadership ability means that he can bring people together to find a common solution.

• Ron is a consensus builder.
• Ron is considered the 'go to guy' on the Council.

Some of his leadership roles have included:

• Chair of Board of Adjustment, City of Dallas

• Vice-Chair Citizens Police Review Board, City of Dallas

• President of Cable Access TV Board, City of Dallas

• President of Promotional Products Association Southwest

• President of Metroplex Area Promotional Products Association

• Chair of Supplier and Membership Services Committees for Promotional Products Association International

• President of his homeowners association

• Board of Directors, North Dallas Neighborhood Alliance
• Current Member of Greater Dallas Planning Council

City Council experience

• Chair of Economic Development and Intl Committee
• Member of Public Safey Committee
• Member of Transportation and Environment Committee
• Member of Budget, Audit and Finance Committee
• Serves as Vice Chair of the RTC (Regional Transportation Council)
• Serves on the Board of the National Leauge of Cities
• Serves on the Board of the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Served on National League of Cities Transportation & Infrastructure Steering and Policy Committee
• Served on National League of Cities Information Technologies Committee
• Served on the Resolutions Committe for Texas Municipal League

Ron has also worked on many informal committees of the Council. He helped develop the 2006 Bond Election, the Wright amendment solution, pushed the first tax rate reduction in 8 years and has worked behind the scenes on many major Council issues.

Ron is heavily involved in bringing economic development to Dallas. In the fall of 2005 he was the only Councilmember to accompany the City's Economic Director for international business on a 2 week trip to China to begin proactive development of Dallas as China's link to the US and Canada. Since then he has made 7 more trips to China to build the economic development relationships that will help grow the economy of Dallas. To date 27 international companies have relocated to Dallas. The International Inland Port of Dallas ( IIPOD) will be a tremendous economic engine for Dallas and jump start the development of the Southern Sector of Dallas. This will grow our tax base and help spread the tax base over the entire city. The tax base of the city grew this past year by over $6 Billion as a result of our economic development efforts and it is this type of growth that will help reduce the level of dependancy on homeowners.

During the 2006 budget deliberations Ron was on the Mayor's committee that developed the final budget amendments. The Mayor's goal was to reduce the tax rate by .25 cents per $100. After scrubbing the budget, the committee put forth a recommendation that resulted in a reduction of the tax rate by 1.25 cents per $100 valuation while maintaining or increasing the level of city services. This was more than the Mayor asked for so Ron's work was very successful. The final budget with the new lower rate was adopted by the City Council. City staff jokes that Ron's budget workbook had more sticky notes than they've ever seen, proving that Ron pays attention to detail. During the 2007 and 2008 Budget season Ron lead the Council to a balanced budget with an increase in key City services without a tax rate increase.

Ron works full time as a Councilmember on behalf of District 12 and the entire city and he enjoys the work.

Ron knows how to get things done!