Bruce Broadrick says that a big part of the job of being a state legislator is serving as an ambassador for the community you represent, and he says he can represent Dalton and Whitfield County well.
“Yes, we have high unemployment here. But we also have assets any community in this state would be envious of. We’ve got a major interstate and two railroads running through here. We’ve got a state college and a technical school. We’ve got ample water supply, low utility rates, fiber optic cable, a low tax rate,” he said. “We can be the next growth area, and we need someone on those key House committees — Economic Development, Industrial Relations — to be aware of what the state is doing and to build alliances so that when the opportunity arises Dalton is on the list.”
Broadrick faces Dalton businessmen Dennis Mock and David Renz in the July 31 Republican primary for state House of Representatives District 4. Rep. Roger Williams, R-Dalton, who currently represents District 4, announced his retirement earlier this year. The district includes the city of Dalton and a few surrounding areas. No Democrat qualified for that race.
Broadrick says he will fight to make sure that state education money gets to the classroom and isn’t wasted on bureaucracy.
“The state is going through a zero-based budgeting process for education this summer. That means that everything in the budget is taken to zero and they build it back program by program, line item by line item,” he said. “The education budget we’ll be looking at in January will be different than before. They may add programs. They may eliminate programs.”
A Whitfield County native, Broadrick, 60, owned and operated Frank’s Pharmacy for more than 33 years and currently works as a pharmacist for Walgreens. He earned an associate’s degree from Middle Georgia College and a pharmacy degree from the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy.
He is chairman of the Whitfield County Board of Health and is a board member of the Northwest Georgia Healthcare Partnership. He is a past president of the Georgia Pharmacy Association and has served on several state-level committees of that organization and with several other organizations in the medical field.
He says that background will serve him well as legislators have to deal with the challenges facing the state’s health care system.
“The less government, the better. I would hope that there will be a change in sentiments and a lot of these mandates coming out of Washington will be repealed or replaced,” he said.
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