Alan Alan R. Weiss:  

Life Alan married Jane Dawson Warner, whom he met at CSUN, and lived happily ever after. Really. Along the way they had three great kids/individuals: David (now a junior at Westwood HS in Austin, also starting middle linebacker), Jessica (who, having been accepted at a bunch of great schools, chose to study pre-Law at Texas Tech, but has now transferred to UT-Austin and in pre-Law), and Robyn, who is attending Austin Community College studying to be a paramedic. David plans on taking over a small third world nation. His current fav. is Costa Rica, but he's not all that particular. ;-) Jessica would like to take the Chief Justice's job. Seriously. Robyn wants to save people's lives. Jane manages the very large household, and was a professional school teacher for 11 years before retiring. She was a tremendous teacher, too. The Weiss family lives, works, and plays in Austin, Texas along with three yellow Labradors, two kitties, and the general mayhem of life. Alan's professional bio is at the Synchromesh Computing website. Do a Google search if you're interested. Alan was elected, as a Libertarian, a Director of the Northwest Austin #1 Municipal Utility District and had a fiduciary responsibility for that public utility in the state of Texas, USA. He served as the Finance Chairman, and has lead the effort to reduce taxes while improving services. Taxes were reduced by over 50% on property in his District under his leadership, Services to residents/taxpayers were actually improved as a result. He then quit 'cause he finished what he set out to do. Alan is the Founder and Chairman of The Ceres Project, a small investment project dedicated to funding a new film and book by L. Neil Smith entitled "Ceres", and is similarly the Founder and Chairman of the follow-up project, The Ares Alliance. Google "Ceres Project" and "Ares Alliance". Alan has written dozens of pithy articles and essays for both Rational Review and The Libertarian Ent...Expand for more