Mike Martinez served as the Board Chair of the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Business Enterprise and Small Business Council Subcommittee.
13 Facts About Mike Martinez
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Mike Martinez has served on the Board of Directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas and worked as a diversity trainer with the National Coalition Building Institute.
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Mike Martinez previously worked for the Austin Fire Department and was head of the firefighter's union.
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Mike Martinez graduated from Leadership Austin and completed the LBJ School of Public Affairs West Point Military Leadership Program, however he has never served in the military.
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Mike Martinez grew up in Rockdale, Texas, a city 65 miles northeast of Austin, Texas.
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Mike Martinez began working for the Austin Fire Department in October 1992.
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Mike Martinez was Chair of the Austin Firefighters Association Political Action Committee from 2001 to 2004.
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Mike Martinez was elected president of the Austin Firefighters Association in 2003.
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Mike Martinez became an Austin City Council member in June 2006.
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In January 2007, Mike Martinez sponsored an ordinance to create a Homestead Preservation District that aimed to reduce the effects of rising values by using a portion of increased property taxes to fund affordable housing in East Austin.
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In 2009, Mike Martinez was the lead sponsor on a city ordinance that banned the use of mobile devices while driving.
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In 2015, Mike Martinez joined the affordable housing startup Kasita as head of Government and Community Affairs.
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In February 2011 it was reported that Mike Martinez had referred to City Manager Marc Ott and an assistant council member as "jokes" in an email exchange with Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell.