Name: David N. Smith
Education: BA, Accounting-Northwestern University MBA, Finance -Northwestern University CPA, American Institute and Illinois Society
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Scottsdale is a beautiful place for us to live, for tourists to visit and for businesses to prosper. This didn’t happen by accident; Scottsdale enjoys the same sunshine as neighboring cities, but we were blessed by financial strengths that came from a booming construction economy and substantial tax revenues from millions of tourists. We were also fortunate we had leaders of vision who foresaw possibilities of greatness. How do we insure future greatness?
We need Council members who understand finance and will spend our tax dollars wisely. For more than three years, I was Scottsdale’s City Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer. That was after thirty years in senior financial management, the last fifteen as Chief Financial Officer of multi-billion dollar government enterprises -The Tennessee Valley Authority and AMTRAK. I am the most qualified financial candidate in this race.
We need Council members attuned to citizens’ visions for improving the livability of Scottsdale. Since moving here nearly thirty years ago, my family has had a family footprint near Coronado High School, on McCormick Ranch and in north Scottsdale. The entire city is our “front yard.” It matters to me -as it does to you -what our community is and becomes.
We need Council members who understand the drivers of economic development. Besides my leadership experience in national businesses, my wife and I also owned Scottsdale Airpark News, winner of the Chamber of Commerce Small Business Award in 1995. I understand how to nurture and recruit both large and small businesses.
Citizens expect a transparent, financially responsible Council pursuing citizens’ visions and supporting economic development -especially tourism, the bedrock of our economy. A vote for me supports responsible, visionary leadership and a pledge of civility working to insure Scottsdale continues as a beautiful place for us to live, tourists to visit and businesses to prosper.
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