Myers says safety among top concerns
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Myers, a pioneering entrepreneur in wireless business communications and electronics, is also director of the Warren County Emergency Management Agency. He began his service with the local civil defense during the height of the Cold War.
“It was a time when we thought a lot about our families friends and neighbors,” Myers said, recalling his days with the civil defense during the Cold War. “With hundreds of Soviet nuclear missiles that could rain down on us at any time, we felt a deep sense of shared destiny, of common purpose.
“We relaxed and went on an open-ended vacation, so to speak. Then there was Sept. 11 and we suddenly realized this world is not such a nice and gentle place.”
Myers said homeland security will be an area he will strongly pursue if elected.
“One of the issues I’ve worked on as emergency management director, and one I’d pursue as a county commissioner, is homeland security right here in Warren County,” Myers said.
Myers, along with his wife Regina Rankhorn Myers, owns and operates Communication Evolutions, an electronics and wireless communications business serving commercial and individual clientele. The couple resides at County Club Estates and has one son, Jonathan.
Myers has been an active volunteer in a number of civic and social duties, including Central Church of Christ, F.C. Boyd School, and the Warren County Airport Commission, where he was a member and chairman during a period of rapid expansion.
Myers was also a founding director of Warren County’s 911 emergency communications system. He helped create, along with the late George B. Zechman and others, the county’s emergency ambulance service in the early 1970s. Myers was also instrumental in the establishment of the six rural volunteer fire departments.
“While I believe very strongly in preparing to help our community survive natural and man-made disasters, I think we also need to concentrate on quality-of-life issues, including job security and career opportunities,” Myers said.