PLP 08 Profile: Joe Walton

Name: Joseph B. Walton (Joe)
Age: 32
Born: Richmond, VA  and grew up in Chesterfield
Current Digs: Powhatan, VA
Occupation: IT and Business Consultant, County Supervisor
Favorite part about the job: solving new and old problems
Your first job ever? Various attempts while in middle and high school, McDonald’s
Favorite book? Most compelling: Jurassic Park, Mark Twain, classic philosophy
Favorite movie? Indiana Jones, Clueless, Bring It On, The Godfather Trilogy, Fletch, Sergio Leone
Comfort food?  Cup of tea and rosemary crackers with swiss
What's in your car CD player right now? Led Zeppelin
Next journey? Greece
Favorite Virginia vacation spot? Staunton area
First political memory? Reagan’s “tear down this wall” speech.
Whom do you admire and why?  People who almost miss high profile situations but excel. What would the world have been like without them?
Best advice you ever got?  You can command respect, but it is better to earn it.
If you could have dinner with any one currently living, whom would it be? Warren Buffet, Dalai Lama or Clint eastwood
Describe a perfect day. One in which no major setbacks occur
One thing most people might be surprised to learn about you?  I am really quite sophomoric.
Ambition, political or otherwise? Doing the right thing and working hard—wherever that leads.