Greetings all!
Please allow me to thank all of those
who have already volunteered in many ways for our campaigns, and for the
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 elections. We
have much more to do however and need many more volunteers. Please email me at ewhitlock@lawplc.com
to volunteer. You can visit the unified
Henrico Republican campaign office: “TEAMGOP Victory Office” at 3163 Lauderdale
Drive, Henrico, Virginia 23233.
On November 3, 2015, we have important
elections for our local government (Commonwealth’s Attorney, Sheriff, Clerk of
Court, Board of Supervisors and School Board) as well as our General Assembly
(Senate and House of Delegates). Today
the blog will feature Tuckahoe Board of Supervisor, Patricia S. (“Pat”)
O’Bannon.
When I
asked Pat how have you helped keep Henrico County Government positive and
successful? Her response was: “First I listen,
then I read; next I think, then I lead. I do it with an eye on the cost-benefit to the
community. It works.”
“I keep my promises.”
This has been Pat’s slogan for all of her campaigns, and she has always kept it. Pat’s background is in communications, and she
works hard to maintain open lines of communication with her constituents. As a County Supervisor for the Tuckahoe
District since 1996, Pat has been accessible through phone calls, email, web
site, Facebook, texting, Town Meetings-- all means available.
Recently, Pat worked with
Henrico Mental Health and Developmental Services on a project called Mental
Health First Aid, a national program that
teaches skills to respond to signs of mental illness and substance use. In the past two years, more than 500 county
employees have been trained to understand the signs and symptoms, helping to
make Henrico a healthier community. Pat hopes
to expand this accredited program to include people in the community.
Last
year, as Chair of the Greater Richmond Partnership, Pat pulled together
knowledgeable people from different jurisdictions to hire a new Director (who
has a great vision for job creation for the entire region). Rather than use a headhunter firm, Pat worked
with the Human Resources Directors of the four GRP member jurisdictions,
allowing the HR Directors to handle the process. They did their job, and they saved us
thousands of dollars. A small idea that
paid off!
When County citizens
approved the 2005 Bond Referendum to construct more fire stations, voters probably
did not consider that the outcome would mean a decrease in their homeowner’s
insurance costs (Call your insurance agent after November 1). Henrico
is the only county in the USA to have both the highest possible Insurance
Services Office rating (ISO #1), as well as be fully-accredited. After
improving the fire stations, Henrico County participated in a fire protection
classification survey conducted by the ISO, a private corporation that
evaluates public fire protection, water supply, 911 communications, and the
adoption of building codes in communities. You voted to fund it; Pat worked to get it
done. See Pat’s web site for details.
One
Republican cannot do this alone. Henrico needs a majority Republican Board of
Supervisors to get this done! Pat asks
for your vote for Tuckahoe on November 3, so she may continue to listen -- and
lead Henrico County into the future. We also need Tommy Branin for Three Chopt
and Dick Glover for Brookland.
WEB: www.patobannon.com E-Mail: pob@patobannon.com Phone message line: 804.285.4PAT (or 804.285.4728) Facebook: Pat O’Bannon
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