Businessman Ori Raphael
This week we found out that Ori Raphael, vice president of business development for FreshLoc, a wireless temperature monitoring company, will run for Councilwoman Linda Koop’s District 11 seat.
Raphael formerly worked as an aide to U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions where he learned how state and federal issues intertwine. With experience in the business/technology realm, Raphael says his knowledge of the two make him a perfect candidate.
“Local government should be running in a sense that we expect businesses to run,” he says. “The government is in the customer service business.”
The Southern Methodist University Law School alum also lived in China and Israel, which he believes will give him an advantage in an “international city.”
Raphael says the first thing he would direct his attention toward is traffic.
“A lot of cities have apps where you can take a photo of a pothole, Geotag it and the city comes out and fixes it. We should do the same,” he says.
Raphael, like former park board member Lee Kleinman, is also is excited about the vision for Valley View.
