EDUCATION: B.A. Economics, UNC-Chapel Hill 1968
• MILITARY SERVICE: Commander, Supply Corps, U. S. Naval Reserve, retired after 26 years (4 years active, the rest in the reserve). Vietnam vet.
• OCCUPATION: Retired stockbroker and financial planner.
• AFFILIATION:
• Chairman, San Diego Tax Fighters
• Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
• San Diego County Taxpayers Association
• POLITICAL ACTIVITIES:
• Successfully sued the county of San Diego to force a rollback of an illegal 1/2-cent sales tax, a precedent that is saving CA taxpayers over 14 billion dollars, including $3.5 billion for San Diego taxpayers.
• Actively supported a variety of tax-cutting ballot initiatives including Proposition 13.
• Has written ballot arguments against numerous county and state tax increase initiatives.
• 1996 – appointed as a Commissioner on the California Constitution Revision Commission.
• 2005 – Unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of San Diego, though his reform ideas have since taken hold.
• 2007 – Columnist for NORTH COUNTY TIMES
• 2009 - Received the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association "CA Tax Fighter of the Year" award.