Reidsville man throws hat in ring for commissioner's race

Lifelong Reidsville resident Craig Travis has announced his candidacy for Rockingham County Commissioner, saying he wants to bring “sense and sensibility” back to Rockingham County government.

According to Travis, many issues with the county government stem from wasteful spending and problems with planning and budget management. He said this creates more problems for the taxpayer.

“I feel like the county commissioners today aren’t taking the citizen or the taxpayer into consideration when they make decisions,” Travis said. “I want to bring the government back to the people, because that’s who’s in charge – it’s their money that’s being spent. There needs to be more open government and more explanation. People need to know what’s going on.”

Travis said because of miscommunications between people and their government, people are getting upset with issues they don’t really understand. He said he wants to change that.

“I decided to run for office because I just got tired of all the nonsense that was going on,” Travis said. “It’s all about bringing truth, responsibility and common sense back to government.”

Attracting new businesses to the county, allowing business to operate more freely and bringing the government back to the people are the main points of Travis’s campaign. He also wants people to know that their voice counts when it comes to voting.

“A lot of people in the county have the mentality that their vote doesn’t count or what they do doesn’t matter,” Travis said. “I’m here to tell them it does count and it does matter. People need to get involved with their government. Commissioners are making decisions that affect citizens daily. And people don’t get that some of those decisions aren’t leading us down a good path. We need to change that.”

Children are also a big part of why Travis chose to run for office. He has two of his own and he said life should be better for them.

“I look at my two children and I ask myself what’s my county, state and federal government going to look like when they’re my age?” Travis said. “What kind of tax burden will they be responsible for? I want my kids to grow up like I did. I want them to have free speech and be able to have some money in the bank.”

Travis is a veteran of the Navy and has worked in operations management for AT&T over the past 10 years. He is also active with the Boy Scouts and attends Reidsville Christian Church.

He said he hopes to have more community support in his campaign. Donations can be sent to Craig Travis for Commissioner, 108 Pinnacle Circle, Reidsville 27320.

To learn more about his campaign or to contact him directly, visit http://tcraigtravis.com/default.aspx.