Office and district sought: Colorado House District 53
Name: Randy Fischer
Party affiliation: Democrat
Website: www.RandyFischer2006.com
E-mail: RandyFischer@frii.com
Age: 55
Last degree earned: Masters Degree, Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, 1989
Occupation: Engineering Consultant
Hobbies: Gardening, hiking, skiing, running, mountaineering, carpentry
Family: Wife, Kathy Fischer.
How long have you lived in Colorado? Where did you live before? I am a native of Fort Collins Colorado and have lived here my entire life.
Last book read: 147 Practical Tips for Teaching Sustainability, by CSU faculty members Bill Timpson, Brian Dunbar, Gailmarie Kimmel, Brett Bruyere, Peter Newman and Hillary Mizia.
Civic Involvement: Open Space Yes, a citizens initiative to protect Fort Collins open space; Fort Collins Water Board; Fort Collins Natural Resources Advisory Board; Fort Collins Storm Drainage Advisory Board; Larimer County Rural Land Use Advisory Board.
Major endorsements: Colorado Fund for Children and Public Education; Colorado Professional Firefighters;
Colorado Nurses Association; Colorado Conservation Voters Action Fund; Colorado AFL-CIO.
Why are you running? People have told me they want a representative who will put aside partisan differences and lead with honesty and integrity. I am that leader.
What are the top three challenges facing Colorado or the institution you seek to represent?
I believe the top three challenges facing Colorado include the following:
1. Creating family-supporting jobs in Colorado by investing in a new energy economy;
2. Finding the resources needed to prepare Colorado’s kids to succeed in the 21st -Century world;
3. Fixing our broken health-care system and covering Colorado’s 750,000 uninsured citizens.
What is your top priority in the next session if you should win? I will work to keep the promises made when voters approved Referendum C by supporting higher education, K-12 education, health care and transportation.
What proposal in the last session did you oppose the most? One example of a bad bill was HB06-1284, an attack on tenure at public universities that died for lack of a Senate sponsor.
What proposal in the last session did you agree with the most? A good bill that I agree with was SB-208 that created a bipartisan commission to begin to address health care reforms in Colorado.
