Article Contributed on: 10/15/2008 4:35:58 PM
David Balmer is running for State House District 39 and answered a questionnaire for YourHub.com. To read all of the candidate questionnaires,
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Name: Rep. David Balmer, Assistant House Republican Leader
Seat you are seeking: House District 39
Age: 46
Family: Wife, Karen; Daughter, Laura; Dogs, Scout and Cooper
Occupation: Lt. Colonel in U.S. Army Reserve (served in deployments to Afghanistan and Bosnia). Business background: Brownfield Redeveloper (clean-up and redevelopment of environmentally contaminated sites)
Hometown: Centennial, CO. I grew up in North Carolina.
Your Web site: www.davidbalmer.com
Favorite local place to hang out: Starbucks. Starbucks brought us coffee during my Army deployment to Afghanistan.
What do you like most about living here?: The mountains
Interests & hobbies: Jogging with my dogs, snowshoeing with my dogs
Favorite TV show: The Office
Favorite Web site: www.YouTube.com
People who inspired you (and how): A sergeant who gave his life in Afghanistan during our deployment.
How you have contributed to the community: From 1998 to 2006, I served on the Board of Trustees of Warren Village, a non-profit community in central Denver, which houses 93 previously homeless single mothers. I also tutored an elementary school boy for 2 years through the D.U. Bridge Project. I served for 3 years on the Accountability Committee for Fox Hollow Elementary School, part of the Cherry Creek School System. In 1999, I was honored with the Denver Business Journal's Forty Under 40 award, which recognizes Denver's top 40 young business leaders who have volunteered for non-profits.
What are the biggest issues facing your constituency now: A challenging economy, high energy costs, higher education funding and crumbling transportation and infrastructure system