Full Name:
Matthew Kirk
Gender:
Male
Attended, Computer Science, Sinclair Community College, 2015-present
Certificate, Creative Placemaking, Knowlton School of Architecture and Planning, Ohio State University, 2015-2016
Attended, Accounting, Columbus State Community College, 2005-2007
Bachelors, Urban/Regional Planning, Miami University of Ohio, 2000-2005
No political experience information on file.
No caucus information on file.
Founder, Thoughtbubble.us, 2012-2014
Business Development Specialist, City of Columbus, 2012
Business Development Manager, Ohio Department of Development, 2008-2011
Tax Commissioner Agent 3, Ohio Department of Taxation, 2006-2008
No organizational membership information on file.
Favorite Book:
The Tipping Point, Power to the People, The Pursuit of Elegance, The Power Broker, Black Swan, The Hard Thing About Hard Things, The Lean Start-up, The Innovators, Startup Communities, The Used to Be Us, Hot Flat and Crowded, The Lexus and the Olive Tree, Capital and Communities in Black and White, The Checklist Manfesto, Slow Money, The Rise of the Creative Class, When the Boomers Bail
Priority Issues:
*A government that works for all people not only the wealthy and corporations.
*Education that results in Good Paying jobs.
*Work with dignity. Work which allows us access to Food and a Roof without having to beg.
*An end to corporate welfare. When leaders carve out tax breaks for businesses and developers the everyday taxpayers are left to pick up the tab. We will continue to partner with the business community but everyone needs to pay their fair share of taxes.
*To move forward. We will not settle for failing transportation, dated electrical infrastructure, and a lack of access to the internet. If we are to succeed we must have the tools of the future, not the past.
*Our right to the American Dream! Including but not limited to access to opportunity, equal treatment, and the protection of individual rights and freedoms.
*To leave a better future for our children and provide for those who have gotten us here.