2001 Candidates

Mike Jones
Board of Finance

The candidacy of Michael D. Jones for a post on the Ridgefield Board of Finance was enthusiastically endorsed by Ridgefield Democrats. They know that Mike Jones’ experience and energy uniquely qualify him to serve on the Board of Finance and there he will get things done.

Michael Jones is Vice President of R.M. Jones & Co., Inc., his family-owned business based in Farmington, CT. This is a cluster of six diverse businesses centered on environmental issues. Mr. Jones travels extensively around the world helping engineers solve complex technical and environmental issues. Mr. Jones personally has been responsible for helping many well-known electronics corporations end their use of ozone-depleting chemicals. In his ten years with the Jones Company businesses, he has grown the firm from $3 million to more than $40 million - a budget close to Ridgefield's annual spending.

Mr. Jones also spent twelve years in the big business working for twelve years at AT&T and (what is now) Verizon Corp.

In 1998-9, Mr. Jones served as a Selectman in Ridgefield. During that tumultuous term, he worked hard to get approvals to build the new Middle School and start the process to fix the elementary schools. He found funding to repair the decrepit police radio system with a modern and safer high-frequency system. He fought for the monies needed to preserve Lake Mamanasco and a number of other important environmental issues. He proved he is a man who is willing to fight for the right answers for Ridgefield.

Mike feels there are three main issues facing Ridgefield today:

• The battle to protect and preserve open space around Ridgefield, thereby helping to preserve the small-town charm of the village as well as to minimize congestion and over-development;
• The battle to build our new schools on time and on budget, and then to support our schools with the funding required to open them and staff them appropriately; and
• The battle to implement a meaningful tax credit for the elderly, which will keep our tax burden fair and keep Ridgefield affordable for a very important segment of our population.

As a ten-year resident of Ridgefield, Mr. Jones is very familiar with the issues and traditions of Ridgefield. He feels “the Board of Finance is the keystone to preserving Ridgefield” but in recent years the Board has been more reactive than proactive; more negative than helpful. “When Joanne Murray and I are on the Board of Finance,” he concludes, “Ridgefield will get more value for their money, a more professional manner of managing the town’s spending, and more cooperation with the other Boards and Commissions in building the Ridgefield of the future.”

Education:

1978 - M.B.A., Columbia University, New York City

1973 - B.A., Grove City College, Grove City, PA

Heritage:

Born in Philadelphia, PA, 1951

Raised since 1952 in Connecticut, mainly in Avon

Military Service:

U.S. Air Force, 1st Lt., at the close of the Vietnam War

Occupation:

Vice President, R. M. Jones & Co., Inc., and six other related companies, including CEO, Micro Care Corp., generally specializing in environmental issues

Family:

Annie Hallinan, spouse of 21 years, a senior manager at Verizon Corp.

Hobbies:

Golf, which he plays poorly; flying his Cessna, which he does with an instrument rating; photography, at which he muddles, and the internet and computers, at which he excels.

Contact Mike Jones

• Phone: 438-0005
• Mail: 32 High Ridge
• E-mail: mikej@microcare.com

Mike Jones' Position Papers

It's Time for Change on the Board of Finance
In Town Government, Little Things Count
Vote On The Issues
Give Rudy The Team He Needs

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