Joe Stinebaker

Nonpartisan

On ballot as: Joe Stinebaker
Current role: Not found
Background: Bachelor's degree, University of Missouri (per candidate, to Ballotpedia)
Retired
Brazoria County resident for the past 21 years (per campaign)
Experience: Newspaper reporter and editor, 25 years; most recently Houston Chronicle and Associated Press (per candidate)
Communications director and senior policy adviser for Harris County officials, including a former county judge, 18 years (per candidate)
Top priorities: Campaign site, "Transparency": "I will never support a closed meeting unless the law specifically requires it or there are truly extraordinary reasons"
Campaign site, "Fairness in Taxation": "every taxpayer in Brazoria County should carry their full share of the load"
Campaign site, "Full Representation": "I would represent every resident of Brazoria County to the best of my ability"
Campaign site, "Integrity": "I would never allow anyone in my network of family or friends to profit off my position"
Tidbits: Property taxes and budget: Campaign site: "every taxpayer in Brazoria County should carry their full share of the load – and that includes the industrial and commercial properties".
Growth and infrastructure: No public statement found
Flooding and drainage: No public statement found
Public safety: No public statement found
Endorsements: None found in our research
Campaign website: stinebakerforbrazoriacounty.org

Director, Position 2