[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 65 (Thursday, May 12, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E884]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          RECOGNIZING ROD DOLE

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                          HON. LYNN C. WOOLSEY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 12, 2011

  Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with my colleague, 
Representative Mike Thompson, to honor Rod Dole of Sonoma County, 
California, who is retiring May 31, 2011, after 25 years as the 
County's Auditor-Controller. During his long tenure, Mr. Dole was 
responsible for overseeing a wide variety of County financial 
operations, including serving as Treasurer-Tax Collector when those 
positions were consolidated with his office 5 years ago.
  With a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration and 
certification as both an Internal Auditor and a Government Financial 
Manager, Rod Dole was hired as an auditor in 1976. He was appointed to 
the Auditor-Controller post in 1985 and subsequently elected. He 
continued to be re-elected by residents who appreciated his confident 
and sure hand in this key position. He has served in a number of 
related organizations including Chair of various committees in the 
State Auditor-Controllers and Treasurer-Tax Collector Associations, the 
State Controller, and the State Treasurer as well as President of the 
State Auditor-Controllers Association.
  Locally, Mr. Dole has worked with a variety of service clubs and non-
profit organizations, on the board of Redwood Credit Union, and on the 
boards of both the Sonoma State University School of Business and 
Economics and the President's Advisory Committee.
  A man of many accomplishments in his field, he is particularly known 
for authoring State legislation for the ``Teeter Credit'' regarding 
property tax payments to local agencies; chairing State committees on 
property tax guidelines and spending limits; and most recently for 
administering the Sonoma County Energy Independence Program (SCEIP), a 
national model for a mechanism permitting loans for energy efficiency 
upgrades through property taxes. He advocated strongly for the program 
in the face of Federal restrictions on such loans, and SCEIP has won 
numerous awards as well as a $3 million grant from the California 
Energy Commission.
  It is a key component of Sonoma County's leadership in reducing 
greenhouse gas emissions and saving energy and has provided hundreds of 
local construction jobs.
  Rod Dole looks forward to his retirement with Kathie, his wife of 35 
years, and will have time to appreciate his cabin at Lake Almanor and 
his hobbies of golf, fishing, boating, tennis, and woodworking. He also 
has two children, Laura and Michael.
  Mr. Speaker, we ask you to join us in commending Rod Dole's 35 years 
of service to the people of Sonoma County. We wish him an enjoyable 
retirement with his family.

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