Some people ask me about the McCormick cabins; a photo is here at the left.

They remember that back in the mid-1980’s I took those historic wilderness cabins down. It took two years. I kept extensive journals at my friend Fred Rydholm’s insistence.
Someday I plan to write a book on it, and put the cabins back up as an educational tourist attraction.

The cabins are safe and sound in storage. This past June 17th, Fred Rydholm and I gave speeches about them and the McCormick Tract at the McCormick Day celebration in Michigamme. The Michigamme Historical Society has opened an exhibit about the McCormick Tract. I feel honored to be part of this history, to have contributed to the community in this way.

I would also be honored and humbled to be your next State Representative.

My strengths are: a 30 year career working with the timber companies and the same 30 years with tourism….I am a recreational land man real estate broker. This vast experience is what I draw on for who I am today and the concrete issues I revolve around: park formation and sulfide mining.

I want to create, vie trade, 1 million acres of large parks… I call this Four Parks.

Sulfide mining must be made safer and be acceptable to the people most affected by it. The law does not protect us enough. I was at the rules sessions. I heard and saw, and wrote pages of commentary to the DEQ. I want to correct the law through amendments.

As I go from door to door, I try to be straightforward: if I don’t know the answer for a person’s political question, I must admit it, squirm some and learn. Direct communication is one of my values, and I have realized on the trail that the people want direct communication.

With gradual growth through improved tourism, such as my Four Parks proposal, we can have good, lasting jobs and keep our camp traditions.

My persistent and trusting nature will be an asset in Lansing for you, the people, as we face the challenges ahead. If you don’t trust you don’t receive.

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