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Orange County, CA November 7, 2006 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Margie L. Rice

Candidate for
Mayor; City of Westminster

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EXPERIENCE:

  • Elected Mayor November, 2000, 2002 and 2004
  • Six years as Westminster City Councilwoman
  • Sixteen years as Director on the Board of Midway City Sanitary District
  • Seventeen years as Trustee on the Board of the Westminster School District
  • Fifty-five years as PTA volunteer

COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE TO OUTSIDE AGENCIES (Currently Serving):

  • Orange County Council of Governments
  • Director, Public Cable Television Authority
  • Liaison, Westminster Chamber of Commerce
  • Alternate, West Orange County Water Board
  • O.C. League of Cities, Executive Steering Committee West Orange County Cities Group

COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE TO OUTSIDE AGENCIES (Previously Served):

  • West Orange County Cities Group
  • U.S. Conference of Mayors
  • Orange County Housing Community Development Commission (2 terms)
  • Alternate, Orange County Fire Authority
  • Alternate, Orange County Library Advisory Commission

CURRENT COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:

  • Board, Huntington Beach Intercommunity Hospital
  • Board, Westminster Boys & Girls Club
  • Westminster Kiwanis Club, served 2 years as President, current Interclub Chair
  • Westminster Advisory Committee, Coastline Community College
  • Trustee, Springdale Baptist Church of Westminster
  • Board, Rose Center Foundation
  • Public Cable Association (PCTA)

PREVIOUS COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:

Westminster Historical Society Westminster Collaborative Board (Westminster School District) Westminster Hospital Guild Foundation for the Arts Board of Directors Served with Westminster Little League for 15 years Served with Long Beach Cub Scouts for 10 years Board, Westminster Foundation for Educational Excellence

SERVICE WITH WESTMINSTER SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD ON FOLLOWING COMMITTEES:

Eight years on the Special Education Consortium Board Textbook Studies Mainstreaming Arts in the Curriculum Budget Career Education Early Childhood Education Enrollment Ethnic Study Site Improvement Citizen's Advisory Committee for School Closure Board Advisory Committee Alternate

STATE SERVICE:

Juvenile Task Force, appointed by State Assemblyman Chet Wray State Education Advisory Committee, appointed by Assemblyman Richard Robins

AFFILIATIONS:

Orange County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) Advisory Board League of Cities League of California Cities Orange County Division Executive Steering Committee League of California Cities Orange County Division Waste Management Commission

HONORS:

"Woman of the Year" for the 68th Assembly District, Assemblyman Ken Maddox 2001 recipient of Kiwanis International Hixon Award Nominated Chamber of Commerce 2001 Citizen of the Year Westminster School District PTA Council Service Awards and three Continuous Service Award from different PTA's Numerous community volunteer awards

PERSONAL:

Widowed, mother of four children; grandmother of 17; great-grandmother of 18 Fifty years, Westminster homeowner

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