Glenn Vaad

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Glenn Vaad
Glenn Vaad
Member of the Colorado House of Representatives
from the 48th district
Incumbent
Assumed office 
January 10, 2007
Preceded by Dale Hall
Political party Republican
Spouse Mollie
Profession transportation engineer
Religion Christian

Glenn Vaad (born c. 1941[1]) is a legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. First elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2006, Vaad represents House District 48, which encompasses western Greeley and southwestern Weld County, Colorado.[2]

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[edit] Early career

Vaad earned a bachelor's degree in industrial construction management from Colorado State University.[1] He spent most of his professional career within the Colorado Department of Transportation in many roles, including highway engineer, a management consultant, auditor, and legislative liaison.[3] During his time at CDOT, Vaad spent 10 years working on the extension of Interstate 70 near Vail, Colorado. He retired in 1998,[4] after 31 years with the department.[3] He also served as Secretary of the Colorado Transportation Commission.[5]

A volunteer fire fighter and emergency medical technician, Vaad has been elected to the Mead, Colorado Board of Trustees, the of Saint Vrain Valley School District Board of Education[5], (where he served for nine years[6], including a stint as board chair.[5]), the Weld County Board of Commissioners,[3] and served on the Weld County Planning Commission, the Mead Sanitation Board,[5] the State Child Welfare Allocation Committee[7], and was a charter member of the Skyline High School Education Foundation.[5]

On the Weld County Commission, Vaad represented District 2, which covered the rapidly-growing southwestern portion of the county, including the communities of Dacono, Frederick, Firestone and Mead.[7] First elected in 1998,[8] Vaad, who rose to chair the board of commissioners, faced no opposition in his 2002 run for re-election.[9] As a Weld County Commissioner, Vaad was noted for pressing for a regional airport in rapidly-growing northern Colorado,[10] and for a northern Colorado regional council of governments.[11] Vaad also served on the North Front Range Transportation and Air Quality Planning Council, a regional group that proposed a Northern Colorado regional transportation authority,[12][13] another of his regional priorities.[9] Vaad also pushed, unsuccessfully, for the creation of a business incubator in Weld County.[8][14]

Vaad is married and has lived in Mead for three decades; he and his wife, Mollie, have two children, Joel and Nicole,[1] and three grandchildren.[3] He has been an elder at LifeBridge Christian Church near Longmont, Colorado.[15]

[edit] Legislative career

[edit] 2006 election

In June 2005, Vaad, term-limited as a county commissioner, announced his intention to run for House District 48, a seat being vacated by term-limited Rep. Dale Hall, who ran for the state senate.[7] Vaad faced Democrat Michael Dugan in the 2006 race to in a race where regional growth and transportation funding were key issues.[16] Vaad won the November 2006 general election with about 58 percent of the vote.[17]

[edit] 2007 legislative session

Bills Introduced in 2007 by Rep. Vaad
(for which Rep. Vaad is the primary originating sponsor)
BILL TITLE OUTCOME
HB07-1063    Concerning disclosure of information collected pursuant to the uninsured motorist identification database program. Signed by Gov. Ritter
HB07-1187 Concerning the publication of information on the salaries of county employees by the board of county commissioners. Signed by Gov. Ritter

After his election, Vaad named transportation, public safety, and economic security his top legislative goals.[18] Because of his experience with transportation issues, Vaad was named the ranking Republican member of the House Transportation Committee and co-chair of the General Assembly's Transportation Caucus in his first term.[19] Vaad also sat on the House Appropriations Committee.[20] Vaad sponsored only two bills during the 2007 session, both of them concerning disclosure of confidential information (insurance records and employee salaries) by government entities.[21]

During the session, Vaad crossed party lines to support a controversial tax freeze proposed by Democrats to expand education funding.[22]

Following the 2007 session, Vaad was appointed by Gov. Bill Ritter to a 30-member committee studying transportation funding options,[23][24] the Blue Ribbon Panel on Transportation Finance and Implementation.[6] and also served on the interim Transportation Legislation Review Committee.[25]

[edit] 2008 legislative session

In the 2008 session of the Colorado General Assembly, Vaad sits on the House Appropriations Committee and the House Transportation and Energy Committee. [26]

In the 2008 legislative session, Vaad plans, as part of a package of transportation legislation proposed by Republicans, to introduce a bill to turn over responsibility for state highways within city limits to each municipality,[27] and to give cities a greater share of state transportation funds.[28][29] The bill died in committee, as did legislation to allow citizens to form a regional transportation authority by petition.[30] Vaad plans on continuing to advance his transportation agenda within the Transportation Legislation Review Committee, which meets between legislative sessions.[31] Vaad also sponsored bills, signed into law, required that old license plates be destroyed to prevent fake plate from being installed on vehicles,[32] and to specify the location of registration stickers on license plates.[33]

Another bill to be introduced by Vaad would prohibit money from Colorado's College Opportunity Fund for being used for remedial university coursework.[34]

[edit] 2008 election

Vaad announced his intention to run for a second term in January 2008[6] and was nominated by acclamation at the Republican assembly in February.[35] He will face Bill Williams.[36]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Staff Report. "Glenn Vaad-Republican", Loveland Reporter-Herald, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-12-18. 
  2. ^ State House District 48 (html). COMaps. Retrieved on 2007-12-08.
  3. ^ a b c d Rep. Glenn Vaad, HD-48 (html). Colorado House Republicans. Retrieved on 2007-12-18.
  4. ^ Bartels, Lynn. "Citizen Legislator, February 7", Rocky Mountain News, 7 February 2008. Retrieved on 2008-02-14. 
  5. ^ a b c d e Representative Vaad (html). Project Vote Smart. Retrieved on 2007-12-18.
  6. ^ a b c Staff Reports. "Vaad to seek re-election", Greeley Tribune, 10 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-20. 
  7. ^ a b c Murphy, Doyle. "County commissioner Vaad seeks House seat held by Hall", Greeley Tribune, 20 July 2005. Retrieved on 2007-12-19. 
  8. ^ a b Fanciulli, Jesse. "Commissioner Vaad to run again", Greeley Tribune, 10 January 2002. Retrieved on 2007-12-19. 
  9. ^ a b Fanciulli, Jesse. "Vaad unopposed", Greeley Tribune, 18 October 2002. Retrieved on 2007-12-19. 
  10. ^ Piotraschke, Julie. "Airport near Ault?", Greeley Tribune, 6 September 2005. Retrieved on 2007-12-19. 
  11. ^ Waddingham, Rebecca. "ARegional council may come to Front Range", Greeley Tribune, 28 March 2005. Retrieved on 2007-12-19. 
  12. ^ Waddingham, Rebecca. "Big changes in transportation may be coming", Greeley Tribune, 15 January 2006. Retrieved on 2007-12-19. 
  13. ^ Fanciulli, Jesse. "Group pushes transportation taxing district", Greeley Tribune, 10 July 2001. Retrieved on 2007-12-19. 
  14. ^ Hottenstein, Erin. "Greeley incubator study says 'go slow'", Northern Colorado Business Report, 13 July 2001. Retrieved on 2007-12-19. 
  15. ^ Huntley, Annie P.. "Weld County, Colo., Officials Approve Plans for Megachurch.", Greeley Tribune, 9 July 2003. Retrieved on 2007-12-19. 
  16. ^ Larez, Joanna. "Growth, transportation, immigration highlight District 48 race", Greeley Tribune, October 11, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-12-18. 
  17. ^ Larez, Joanna. "Vaad takes 48th Congressional District", Greeley Tribune, 8 November 2006. Retrieved on 2007-12-19. 
  18. ^ Vaad, Glenn. "Focusing on effectiveness will help bridge partisan gap", Greeley Tribune, 7 December 2006. Retrieved on 2007-12-18. 
  19. ^ Vaad, Glenn. "More tools for Colorado's transportation tool chest", Greeley Tribune, 14 February 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-18. 
  20. ^ House Committees of Reference (html). Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved on 2007-12-11.
  21. ^ "Vaad Has a Two-Bill Day", Wide Streets Network, 26 March 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-19. 
  22. ^ Boyle, Rebecca. "2007 Legislature: Bipartisan and green", Greeley Tribune, 13 May 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-19. 
  23. ^ Boyle, Rebecca. "Lawmakers still plan on working after session wraps up", Greeley Tribune, 13 May 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-19. 
  24. ^ Bartels, Lynn. "Gov. Ritter completes 30-member panel on transportation; summit April 5", Rocky Mountain News, 27 March 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-19. 
  25. ^ Transportation Legislation Review Committee 2007. Colorado Legislative Council. Retrieved on 2008-04-27.
  26. ^ House Committees of Reference (html). Colorado General Assembly. Retrieved on 2008-01-19.
  27. ^ Paulson, Steven. "GOP wants cities to take over highway repairs", Denver Post, 12 November 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-19. 
  28. ^ Brown, Jennifer. "Cities may get highway duties", Denver Post, 13 November 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-19. 
  29. ^ Washington, April P.. "Highway upkeep a hot potato", Rocky Mountain News, 13 November 2007. Retrieved on 2007-12-19. 
  30. ^ Boyle, Rebecca. "Inside Politics: Going Nowhere Fast", Fort Colins Now, 15 February 2008. Retrieved on 2008-02-23. 
  31. ^ Munshaw, Kacia. "Transportation bill postponed", Longmont Times-Call, 5 March 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-06. 
  32. ^ Boyle, Rebecca. "Bills Becoming Laws", Fort Collins Now, 11 April 2008. Retrieved on 2008-04-12. 
  33. ^ Fryar, John. "From sports ticket sales to solar energy, 170 bills were locally generated proposals", Longmont Times-Call, 10 May 2007. Retrieved on 2008-05-11. 
  34. ^ Casey, Chris. "Higher education remains statehouse puzzle", Greeley Tribune, 6 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-01-20. 
  35. ^ Staff Reports. "Weld Republicans choose candidates, will hold primaries for two commissioner seats", Greeley Tribune, 26 February 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-09. 
  36. ^ Casey, Chris. "Weld Democrats turn out in force at convention", Greeley Tribune, 9 March 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-09. 

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