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When Sandy residents became alarmed by an electrical substation zoning request, I listened carefully during public meetings. Then proactively contacted transmission experts to verify statements, organized and chaired a volunteer Master Planning for Power Committee, developed consensus, and cooperated with city officials to economically bury associated high-voltage powerlines. My leadership coupled with the combined team effort of many wonderful volunteers resulted in Sandy City giving me an Outstanding Citizen Achievement Award in 1998. I didn’t do it alone, nor can I represent District 42 alone. When your love for Utah motivates you to fix problems or pursue opportunities, citizen input and involvement are crucial. I love Utah. I will listen. Together, we can protect our quality of life and our children’s future. Wise decisions today will yield bright futures tomorrow.
A life-long Republican, I support our GOP platform and served as chair of the Salt Lake County GOP, my Precinct, Legislative & Senate Districts, as a County & State Delegate, and on State and Salt Lake County Central Committees.
Born and raised in the US Army, I’m very proud to be an American and a Sandy, UT resident for over 35 years. My father is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Our family followed my father to Panama, Virginia, Michigan, California (the year Dad was on the DMZ in Korea), New Jersey, Kansas, Japan, Taiwan, and Tucson, Arizona where Dad retired. I worked in fast food through high school. Became a closing manager my senior year and served as Honor Society and Student Body President at Rincon High.
After graduation, I left home at 17 and was on my own thereafter. Attended U of A one semester, converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was self-employed as a sub-distributor for Zee Medical Service, held insurance and securities licenses selling for ITT Life, moved to Roosevelt, UT to work on oil drilling rigs, worked on an offshore drilling ship for Global Marine 90 miles off San Diego, served a 2 year mission to Hong Kong, and then attended BYU for 3 years.
I Graduated Magna Cum Laude in Business Management with a finance concentration in 1981 and married Charlotte Glade, from Murray, UT. Sold real estate securities for Security National Investment in Utah before joining Merck & Co. Inc, and moving to Duluth, MN in 1982 as a pharmaceutical representative. I was promoted to Hospital Representative at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, in 1985 then to the home office in West Point, PA in 1987 as a Business Analyst. After a promotion to Business Manager in 1988, we moved to Sandy, UT where we have lived in the same home for over 35 years. We raised 5 children in Utah and now have 18 grandchildren. After retiring from Merck, I worked for Security National Mortgage and Bank of America as a mortgage loan officer. Retired again in Dec 2019 and served a 21-month senior mission with Charlotte as Communication Specialists for the Asia Area office in Hong Kong.
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It begins on a bridge at Concord
And stretches through time to WW II, Korea, Vietnam, & Desert Storm
On one side of the wall are the tyrants
The Hitlers, Stalins, & Saddam Husseins
Who would enslave, steal, & murder
On the other side of the wall are American families
Men, women, and children at work & at play
It is not a wall of forts, or ships, or planes
It is a wall of living Americans
Willing to place their lives
Between their loved ones & harm’s way
We breathe free, work free, worship free
And live free because of their sacrifices
We will remain free
And that wall will stretch out
As far into our future
As there are free men & women
With the courage & dedication
To be worthy of
And to die if necessary
For the Cause of Freedom
Dale Ash – Copyright 1998