Candidate: Robert (Bob) Hudson

‘Building A Better Walton County - Together’ 1. I want to bring common sense back to government processes and offer you engaged, informed, accountable and responsive leadership. 2. I advocate long-term and to short-term goals and plans for Walton County roads and infrastructure needs. 3. We need a county-wide plan for parks and a location for outdoor entertainment. 4. I want to expand economic development in Walton County. We need more than the budgeted $500,000 to attract environmentally friendly industry and business to our county 5. I will work to make Walton County more proactive and less reactive. 6. I will be a good steward of your tax dollars and work to make sure government works for everyone. I have devoted a great deal of time as a citizen activist attending County Commission meetings, workshops, budget planning sessions and providing input. I have a unique knowledge of the issues. You deserve a full time commissioner who will listen to and represent ALL county property owners and citizens. I have the time, passion and the energy to do an efficient effective job representing the interests of all citizens. Biographical Data: Robert ‘Bob’ Hudson is a native of Anniston, Alabama. His professional career of thirty one years was devoted to the Boy Scouts of America. He served as the Director of Fiscal Management with the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, during his last five years. He was responsible for directing internal audits within their 343 locations in the US and 7 foreign countries and was also the BSA representative to the Financial Accounting Standards Board and AICPA. He actively served in the US Army and US Army Reserve with the 405th Civil Affairs Company at Fort Benning,Georgia and Fort Knox, Kentucky. Bob served as a School Board member in Dothan, Alabama. He helped guide the community and school system through a difficult attendance zone restructure and the construction of a new elementary school. Since retiring to Santa Rosa Beach in 2001 Bob Hudson established himself as a champion of the taxpayers through his work with the Walton County Taxpayers Association. He and wife Pat have been poll workers in Santa Rosa Beach and have been the Clerk and Assistant Clerk of Precinct 18 and Precinct 34 in Rosemary Beach. Bob and Pat are the parents of two grown sons, Robert and Richard and have one granddaughter, Campbell.