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C.D. Houston announces
write-in
C.D. Houston, a retired USAF veteran, has announced his candidacy as a write-in for Tuesday's Mountain Home City Council election.
Those who wish to vote for Houston must write in his full name, C.D. Houston, on the ballot.
Houston and his wife, Becky, came to Mountain Home in 1993, and a year later the couple celebrated the birth of their son, Matthew.
Having joined the Air Force in 1974, he retired as a senior master sergeant in Mountain Home after served his nation for 28 years, his final years as superintendent of the base medical support squadron and medical logistics flight. He left with an extensive series of honors and awards accumulated during his years of service, including being slected in both 1997 and 1998 as the Air Combat Command's Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year.
Prior to and after his retirement he has worked extensively as a volunteer in the community.
He worked with the mayor and local educator's on the city's anti-drug campaign, "Enough is Enough, with Milton Creagh. He was a charter member of the city's Citizens on Patrol organization.
He has volunteered with the Shop with a Cop program, Paint the Town, helped deliver Christmas cheer baskets, has worked with the AFAD committee as a volunteer, served as coordinator of the Adopt-a-Highway program, is a charter member of the Air Force Memorial Foundation and a member of the Mountain Home Black History Committee.
In a prepared candidacy statement, Houston said that " I welcome more businesses and individuals to our community. This city is an ideal place to live. Mountain Home has tremendous growth opportunities, but all growth is not good growth.
"Rapid growth will continue to overload available resources. The quality of our air, streets and water supply will continue to be compromised.
"We must be prepared to deal with the challenges associated with growth," he said. "We can have considerable growth and still maintain our current standards of living.
"We must have and execute real-time plans to expand the infrastructure in order to support the city's growth. Remember what has already happened in Kuna and Meridian."
Houston added that "the one thing I love about our city is the small-town atmosphere. Here, lately, our police department has faced some challenges. Abductions and sexual assaults or alleged abductions or sexual assaults perpetrated upon our children are unacceptable. We must make the ongoing task of providing a safer and more secure environment for our children a much higher priority."
If elected, he said that he would promise "total accountability and availability to all citizens of Mountain Home.
Professionalism and integrity as the cornerstone of my term of office. To listen with compassion and not make idle promises. To be responsive to concerns brought to my office with timely feedback.
"To build a good working relationship with the mayor and other council members," and to offer "a firm commitment to represent the citizens of Mountain Home."