Family
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Mike and Kathy were married in 1973, and now live in Tukwila. Kathy works for a major airline. Their son, Tom, was graduated
from Tukwila's Foster High School, served in the Army Reserves, and now lives
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Community
Mike has been a Scoutmaster, a volunteer Center Manager for Junior Achievement, and spent 8 years as coach and officer in a large youth baseball league.
Back in Ohio, Mike was elected to a local school board, as founder & chairman of a local parent/taxpayer association. He now serves as an elected Commissioner for King County Water District #125.
In 1979, Mike founded the Cleveland-based Small Business Action Alliance -- in part to expand the health insurance plans available through small employers.
Professional
Mike has been an independent small-business consultant since 1975, specializing in turnarounds, marketing, training, strategic planning, and organizational and management development.
Prior to that, Mike was Director of Marketing Development for the Canadian division of a major conglomerate. He also served as training director and a sales trainer for the $100 million U.S. parent division.
Hihn is currently an independent political consultant. He's also the founder and director of WA Liberty Project, a nonpartisan organization that works to elect pro-liberty candidates at the local level. A "grassroots liberty" think tank will be formed after the 2000 election -- to achieve and secure the goals and issues of this campaign.
Libertarian
Mike has served on the Executive Committee of the Washington State LP, as Public Relations Chair and as Campaigns Chair. After that, he was the first full-time, professional Executive Director of a state Libertarian Party in the country. He now serves on the State Central Committee, as a regional Rep from West King County.
At the national level, Mike has served on the Platform Committee in 1998 and 2000.
From 1988 to 1995, Mike's free-lance op-ed columns were published in newspapers around the country -- including the healthcare columns reprinted on this site.
The op-eds were followed by Liberty Issues, a sporadically published personal newsletter.In December of 1996, the Liberty Issues web site received one of the very first Editor's Choice Awards from the Advocates for Self-Government.