Joseph T. Cimaomo Jr., was recently elected as the new City Council member to Position 4 in Covington. Cimaomo resides in Covington with his wife and son and this is where he attended high school, graduating from Kentwood. He has lived in the Covington area over the last 20 years and seems to be a great fit for the position.

I moved to Washington in 1995 from Pennsylvania and Cimaomo was one of the first people I met. We went to school from third grade to graduation together.

World history and politics have always been a strong point with Cimaomo, who started really following the presidential election process in 2000.

Cimaomo thought that since he would be voting in a few short years and have a say on who is the leader of this country that he should start following and paying more attention to politics. Cimaomo is a Christian man who believes in helping the families of Covington and bringing more police officers to the city to help keep the families safer.

Cimaomo wants to help make Covington a more family oriented city and help the city grow in the next four to five years. With the growth of the city, that means more jobs for workers including, but not limited to, emergency services. Cimaomo plans to be a voice for the people of Covington and has always been there and listened to anyone that has an opinion regarding politics.

I spent a few minutes recently talking to Cimaomo about his plans for city council now that he is elected and this is what he had to say.

“Now that I am elected I plan to be a voice for the young families and young people who make Covington their home,” Cimaomo said. “I plan to get us more police officers and to get our roads up to standard.Those two things will take some time but they are what I ran on and what I plan to work on at all times.”

He also said that  he sees Covington being a new home to medical research and home to higher education.

The biggest changes that need to come to Covington, Cimaomo said, are improvements to our roads and the adding of officers to our police force.

“I am going to help to bring more business to Covington to build up our tax base,” Cimaomo said.

Let’s see what the next four years hold for the city of Covington and newest member of the City Council.

Robert Bernard is a Renton resident who graduated from Kentwood in 2004. He is a licensed massage therapist and owns Infinity Sports Massage.