\u201cI\u2019m not for or against the data center. I want to take a look at the project and analyze the project based on its merits. There are good data centers. There are bad data center programs,\u201d Curnow said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the nice things about any large-scale industrial project is it does increase the tax base,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
But he was also clear taking a look at a proposed project is not the same as giving away \u201cwhatever we can\u201d to get one.<\/p>\n
Hometown? \u2013 Well, it\u2019s complicated<\/p>\n
\u201cI was born in Coral Gables, Florida. I lived there for less than two years. By the time I moved overseas at the age of eight, I\u2019d already lived in New Jersey twice in California once,\u201d Curnow said.<\/p>\n
He lived more than four years in Tokyo \u2013 then another five-and-a-half years in Hong Kong. He graduated high school in Danbury, Connecticut. Out of a sense of family legacy, he attended Bucknell University.<\/p>\n
\u201cI followed a dear friend out to Lubbock, Texas to attend Texas Tech University. That was 1990,\u201d Curnow said \u2013 adding he moved to Lubbock full-time in 1992.<\/p>\n
\u201cMet a girl that same year, November of \u201892, we started dating. We got married in 2000 and Lauren is the best thing about Lubbock, Texas I\u2019ve ever found.\u201d Curnow said.<\/p>\n
He fell in love twice, he said. Lauren was first. The people of Lubbock were second.<\/p>\n
Volunteering and career<\/p>\n
\u201cMy public life in Lubbock got started during Hurricane Katrina. And like many of our fellow Lubbockites, I answered the call to work in Lubbock\u2019s Hurricane Katrina shelter. I did so becoming a Red Cross volunteer and worked overnight security in the shelter and stuck around for Hurricane Rita a week or so after that,\u201d Curnow said.<\/p>\n
That was 2005. His community involvement includes:<\/p>\n
Lubbock Area United Way volunteer and board member<\/p>\n
American Red Cross volunteer and past chairman<\/p>\n
Citizens Traffic Commission member and past chairman<\/p>\n
Community Development and Services Board (past chairman)<\/p>\n
2013 Tornado Warning Task Force<\/p>\n
2021 Charter Review Committee<\/p>\n
Lubbock 101 and Lubbock Area Law Enforcement Citizens Academy<\/p>\n
He went from being a Red Cross volunteer to eventually serving on the board and later becoming the local chair.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of people assumed that I worked for the Red Cross, but the whole time I was doing all that, I\u2019ve been working for PCCA, Plains Cotton Cooperative Association,\u201d Curnow said.<\/p>\n
He started off doing website work which later evolved into information security manager.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy job is to oversee our security program and help keep our members\u2019 data safe,\u201d Curnow said.<\/p>\n
Why run and why now?<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery time I took a look at it, the time just didn\u2019t seem quite right. And when this opportunity came up, finally the math made sense in my head,\u201d Curnow said when asked why he\u2019s running.<\/p>\n
People come in contact with local government more than state or federal agencies. It\u2019s where people get the basic services like trash collection and public safety, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cFar too few of our residents are registered to vote. Far too few of those who are registered actually vote. If I do anything, if I accomplish anything at all, I hope it\u2019s that when I\u2019m talking to people, I inspire them and get out and vote. You get the government you show up for,\u201d Curnow said.<\/p>\n
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