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'''THOMAS EDWARD PALZER Rancho Cucamonga, CA BIOGRAPHY'''

Tom Palzer (born February 1, 1949) was raised in Illinois; now living in Rancho Cucamonga, California. He is married with four adult children and five grandchildren. Tom received his education from Illinois State University, University of Illinois – Chicago, and Governor State University. He graduated with a Masters degree in Urban Planning in 1977. He served in the U.S. Air Force monitoring the Arab-Israeli conflict, 1969 through 1972.

Tom served as City Planner for the City of Kankakee, Illinois, (1979 – 1986) located an hour south of Chicago. He was appointed Executive Director of Planning for the Kankakee County Planning Commission in 1986 (1986 – 1997).

In 2000, Tom accepted the position of Deputy Director for Operations with the State of Illinois at the Chicago Area Transportation Study (CATS), responsible for consolidating the transportation plans for the City of Chicago, Cook County, six suburban counties and 234 municipalities.

Tom retired in 2008 at the age of fifty-six and in 2010 moved to Rancho Cucamonga to enjoy golf, entering the PGA/PGM Program in 2013, BUT on December 14, 2014, growing very concerned with the state-of- affairs in Sacramento and the Nation, he decided that his thirty-two years of advising politicians and his overall knowledge, he would make a strong Republican member of the U.S. Senate. Collectively, the Palzer family has a seventy-five (75) year history in political involvement - political advice and counsel.

U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE - 2016

Tom Palzer considers himself as the ‘Non-Political’ Conservative Republican Candidate for the U.S. Senate - 2016. because he has thirty-two (32) years of experience in leadership roles advising elected officials, serving as Executive Director of Planning with the Kankakee County Regional Planning Commission and Deputy Director for Operations with the Chicago Area Transportation Study, Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission and Chicago Metropolitan Area Agency for Planning. Growing up in a conservative Republican household, Tom is no stranger to politics; his father having served as a precinct committeeman over thirty-nine years. His father was appointed Alternate Delegate to the 1960 Republican Convention in Chicago. Tom began passing out political literature at the age of seven. Tom has run for office in the past and is familiar with the strategies and rigors of a political campaign. Together, the Palzer family has a collective seventy-five (75) year involvement in political advice and counsel.

In the U.S. Senate, among many other issues, Tom will work to: fully-fund National Defense and State and Local law enforcement and seal our borders; degrade and eliminate ISIS, Taliban, Boko Haram, Hezbollah and Hamas; support Israel and keep Iran from developing a nuclear capability; shred the Iran “non-treaty’ and two secret side deals; reduce the size of government in Washington making it less intrusive into our daily lives; eliminate the discriminatory components of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare); expand our economy through free enterprise; support life at conception and defund Planned Parenthood; place a moratorium on Common Core; provide for and protect our military currently deployed and ensure that our veterans receive the benefits available to them when they need them and other issues of importance to California and the Nation; protect our seniors by ensuring that meet their needs are held in place and expanded; replace our current welfare system with a 'welfare-to-work' program; determine a fair and equitable immigration policy that does not include amnesty, develop and limited 'pathway to citizenship, and halts entering or re-entering of individuals with a criminal background, including immediate deportation.

WORK HISTORY

U.S. Senate Candidate: Established Exploratory Committee in February 2015; Announced Candidacy:  June 1, 2015

Retired: 2008 to date

Employer: Chicago Metropolitan Area Agency for Planning ; Chicago, IL (2007 – 2008) Job Title:  Planner Duties: Transportation Information Systems

Employer: Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission; Chicago, IL (2006 – 2007) Job Title: Planner Duties: Land Use Planning

Employer: Chicago Area Transportation Study; Chicago, IL (2000 – 2005) Job Titles: Deputy for Operations; Director of Information Services Duties: Manage four Division Directors and staff

Employer: Provena Senior Services; Kankakee, IL (1997 – 1999) Job Title: Director of Planning & Marketing Duties: Marketing of 18 Long-Term Care & Assisted Living Facilities in Northeast Illinois & Northwest Indiana

Employer: Kankakee County Planning Commission; Kankakee, IL (1986 – 1997) Job Title: Executive Director of Planning Duties: Land Use Planning, Economic Development, Zoning, Commercial/IndustrialPlan Review, Enterprise Zone Administration, Public Information Officer - (ESDA–LEPC HAZMAT)

Employer: City of Kankakee; Kankakee, IL (1979 – 1986) Job Title: City Planner Duties: Land Use Planning, Zoning, Subdivision Review, Tax Increment Financing & Enterprise Zone Administrator, Historic Preservation Officer Employer: Kankakee County Planning Commission; Kankakee, IL (1972 – 1979) Job Title: Assistant Director of Planning Duties: Land Use Planning Employer: USAF; Island of Crete, Greece (1969 – 1972) Job Title: Sgt. Duties:  Morse Systems Operator

EDUCATION

Governors State University; University Park, IL (in 1977) Post Graduate Study: Environmental Planning; Constitutional Law

University of Illinois at Chicago; Chicago, IL (in 1977) Post Graduate Study: Regional Planning

Governors State University; University Park, IL (1976 - 1977) Masters Degree: Urban & Regional Planning

Governors State University; University Park, IL (1974 - 1976) Bachelors Degree: Urban & Regional Planning

Illinois State University; Bloomington-Normal, IL (1967 – 1969) Study: Business Administration & Economics

APPOINTMENTS/COMMITTEES/AFFILIATIONS/VOLUNTEERISM/AWARDS/OTHER

Governor’s Task Force on Statewide Water Quality Management Governor’s Technical Committee, Chicago 3rd Metropolitan Airport Study Member – American Planning Association (APA) Certified Marketing Professional (CMP) Mayor’s Appointee to Economic Development Council Advisor – Kankakee County Convention & Tourism Council Outstanding Young Man of the Year 1981 Member – Republican Party of Illinois Member – Republican Party of California Committee Member - Easter Seal Society Committee Member - Kankakee County Training Center for the Disabled Committee Member - American Heart Association Committee Member – American Cancer Society Member – American Legion Lector & Eucharistic Minister Tutor – 2nd thru 5th Grade: “Back-to-Basics” Reading Program Member – USGA Member – PGA/PGM Contributor – Wounded Warriors Program

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