Mayor

Candidate, Connecticut State Senate, District 21, 2010

Commissioner, Stratford Charter Revision Commission, 2001-2003

Commissioner, Stratford Historic District Commission, 1997-2002

Assistant Town Attorney, Town of Stratford, 1995-1997

Commissioner, Stratford Charter Revision Commission, 2001-2003

Commissioner, Stratford Historic District Commission, 1997-2002

Attorney, Self Employed, 2010

Mayor, Town of Stratford, 2005-2009

Attorney, Law Offices of James R. Miron, LLC, 1994-2005

Soldier and Paratrooper, United States Army, 1983-1986

Director, Stratford Mayors Charitable Foundation, Inc., 2005-present

Member, Connecticut Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security Region 1 Emergency Planning Team, 2005-2009

Director, Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority (CRRA), 2005-2009

Member, Greater Bridgeport and Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization, 2005-2009

Member, Sikorsky Memorial Airport Advisory Board, 2005-2009

Member, Steering Committee of Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding (CCJEF), 2005-2009

Member, Connecticut State University Board of Trustees, 1989-1991

Awards:

Military Awards:
Awarded two Army Commendation Medals; Army Achievement Medal; Good Conduct Medal; Overseas Service Ribbon; Army Service Ribbon; Parachutists Badge; Expert Rifle Badge; 82nd Airborne Division Distinguished Trooper Award; 82nd Airborne Division Trooper of the Month Award; 82nd Airborne Division Trooper of the Quarter Award; Runner up 82nd Airborne Division Trooper of the Year Award; 2nd Infantry Division Non-Commissioned Officer of the Month Award; 2nd Infantry Division Non-Commissioned officer of the Quarter Award

Educational Awards:
Awarded University Presidential Citation; Inducted into Pi Sigma Alpha - National Honor Society for Political Science; First Recipient of Connecticut Institute for European and American Affairs Professor Rothenbiller Scholarship to study abroad for semester in Germany and Europe

Mayoral Awards:
Sponsored and drove national award winning town-wide community conversation on race and employee diversity program; Clean Energy Fund Award

Current Car:

Ford Focus

Favorite Actor/Actress:

Jack Nicholson and Kate Winslet

Favorite President and Why:

Theodore Roosevelt because before becoming President he held offices at the municipal, state, and federal level of government and epitomizes public service. President Roosevelt's achievements as a naturalist, explorer, hunter, author, and soldier demonstrate a well rounded person that, to me, embodies the American spirit.

Favorite Quote:

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United ...States of America
Citizenship in a Republic - "The Man In The Arena"
Speech at the Sorbonne
Paris, France
April 23, 1910

Favorite Sport:

Football

First Car:

Chevy Camaro

First Job:

When I was 16 I was a dishwasher at a local Stratford restaurant called the Piedmont Lodge.

Name one thing you would most like to do before you die:

See the 7 natural wonders of the world

Person Most Want to Meet (Dead or Alive):

Jesus

Priority Issues:

Controlling state spending; fixing our economy and helping to create jobs; reforming our tax system and education funding system; and protecting our environment, seniors and veterans.

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

I am running for office because I still have a great desire to help people and make a difference in our community, as well as the background and experience, to go to Hartford and effectuate positive change.

I want to go to Hartford and work on important issues like controlling state spending; fixing our economy and helping to create jobs; reforming our tax system and education funding system; and protecting our environment, seniors and veterans.

As a former mayor I have a unique background and experience that will help me be practical and work toward making better public policy in Hartford as I have had to deal with first hand the impact of bad decisions made in Hartford.