New Lawmaker Profile: Williams

NOTE: This is one of a series of biographical sketches Cronkite News Service is producing about new members of the Arizona State Legislature. Each follows this format and includes a mugshot.

_ Name: Vic Williams
_ Chamber: House of Representatives
_ Party: Republican
_ Profession: Small business owner
_ Hometown: Tucson
_ Legislative District: No. 26, which stretches from the Catalina Foothills and Flowing Wells sections of Tucson north through Oro Valley and Catalina.
_ Committee Assignments: Appropriations; Education; Public Employees, Retirement and Entitlement Reform.
_ Previous or Current Elected Offices: None.
_ Highlights of Community Involvement: Vice chairman, Legislative District 26 Republican Party; treasurer, Pima County Republican Party.
board of directors, Northwest YMCA.
_ Why He Ran: “To ensure that we go about balancing our fiscal year 2009-2010 budget in a way that is fiscally responsible for the state of Arizona.”
_ His Focus: “Ensuring Arizona has quality education for our children and good quality economic development that takes into consideration the beauty of our state.”
_ A Bill: HB 2257 would permit the Arizona Department of Transportation to establish public transportation stops on state highways or state routes when the roadway has a speed limit exceeding 45 mph.

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Reporting by Steven Falkenhagen, Cronkite News Service

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Rep. Vic Williams, R-Tucson