The speaker for the joint APWA/ACEC lunch on Jan 4th is going to be newly elected Assemblyman, Ken Cooley.
Sworn in as the state’s 8th District representative on December 3, 2012, he said, “As an Assemblymember, I will continue my work representing the people of the 8th District. My door is open, and I look forward to partnering actively with the community and representing them in both my capitol and district office”. District 8 includes the communities of Arden-Arcade, Carmichael, Citrus Heights, Rancho Cordova, Rancho Murieta, Rosemont and Wilton and other portions of unincorporated Sacramento County.
Ken was elected to Rancho Cordova’s first City Council upon its formation in 2002. He was re-elected in 2004 and 2008, running citywide, and has repeatedly been his community’s top vote-getter. He also served as mayor in 2005 and again in 2010 when his city was recognized as an “All American City”.
Ken’s commitment to fiscal conservatism, refined over an 18-year private sector career with State Farm Insurance, helped Rancho Cordova to thrive despite the economic recession. Ken has experience balancing a government budget yearly and maintaining surpluses each year as an elected official. While fiscal strength is difficult for all levels of government today, Ken is very proud that his city received a two-level credit rating increase in 2009, despite the recession.
Assemblyman Cooley plans to continue his successful record of good management and fiscal responsibility to the State Assembly. Some of the topics we anticipate he will address include:
- Private Sector job growth.
- State budget – How do we stop relying on tax propositions (eg. Prop. 30)?
- Position on Professional Services tax.
- Management of unfunded retirement liabilities for State employees.
- Local Infrastructure Initiatives.
