Photo by: Steve McGaughey hopes your vote on August 2nd will get re-elected to Safford City Council.
This is the eighth installment in the Hilla Herald’s Candidate Series for the Safford, Thatcher and Pima City Council elections and features the incumbent candidate for Safford City Council, Steve McGoey. Early voting is now open for the August 2 primary.
Second in our series is the City of Safford, with four candidates vying for three seats in the election. Candidates include incumbents Gene Thiel, Arnold Lopez, Steve McGorhy, and Luke Arbizo, who is eyeing the cut. Each candidate was given the opportunity to provide their own editorial and photography. This is the first installment in his Safford series, starring Steve McGaughey.
Safford City Council – Steve McGoy
My name is Steve McGaughey. He is seeking re-election to Safford City Council, where he was first appointed to fill a vacancy in 2015.
I am a lifelong citizen of Safford who has worked since I was young, delivering newspapers, chopping cotton and working on the farm in the summer. Worked for raster. He then worked with his father as his vendor for Fender, a family-run auto collision repair business. I have been in Graham County for his 19 years, first as a sheriff’s office dispatcher, then in a highway yard, and now in planning and zoning.
I am a first responder and have been with both the Safford Volunteer Fire Department and the Graham County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue for nearly 34 years. I have been married to Donna McEwen for 32 years and enjoy spending time with my family.
I have always been interested in Safford’s development, but maintaining its family-friendly small town values. I am financially conservative but believe it is important to attract and retain the best employees. Because they are our most valuable assets. We would like to retain a seat on the Council to review the various projects we have initiated, including wastewater transfer to the Graham County Fairgrounds, road and drainage improvements, and park development.
I hope the citizens of Safford will re-elect me knowing that I care deeply about the interests of taxpayers and all residents of Safford.
