About Rod

Rod Rieger is the owner of a small business, Audio Video Security Systems Inc, Citizens need to be informed about the cost of government and where their tax dollars are being spent. Subsidies need to be phased out.

USMC 1984-1988 meritorious promotion to Corporal (E-4) Received Good conduct medal and overseas deployment ribbon. MOS Truck Mechanic.

Current Occupation: Business owner, --Audio Video Security Systems Inc www.avss.net, and E01 Electrician (600 volts and below)

Rod spent most of his life in Spokane Washington and has lived in Othello, Ritzville,. He moved to Oregon for 6 months in the 6th grade and then went back to Spokane for 4 more years. When Mt St Helens went off on May18, 1980 Rod was living with his mother and attending Garry Jr High in Spokane.

In the 10th grade he and his mother moved to Oregon again, then to Dallesport Washington when she remarried to a wonderful guy, Jim. As Rod entered his teenage years, it was Jim that knew exactly what to say and do to keep Rod on the straight and narrow.

All through the 3 different high schools Rod went to he was a regular attendee at church and involved in Campus Life as well as the youth group. "We played Risk a lot. Not much to do in The Dalles Oregon." he said to a group over coffee.

After graduating from Lyle High school in 1983 (Lyle Washington) Rod moved to Oklahoma City, which was OK for a few months. College was out of the question at that time since his parents fell into the land of not making enough to pay for college, and it was just too much to get college grants.

The USMC is where Rod spent his life from 1984-1988. He got a career as a truck mechanic from the Marines. Rod really hated being a mechanic, but he continued in that career for several years after he got out of the US Marines. Rod even got his ASE certification for trucks and cars, and he knew that a career change was necessary.

He and his son Matt moved from Pennsylvania where he lived for several years, to Everett WA in 1994 with what would fit in an old rusted out Honda car (that barely made the trip) to start a career as a low voltage electrician. After 3 months on the job, the company he worked for lost a big contract with Microsoft. This resulted in Rod getting laid off. Unfortunately, establishment of residency in Washington had not yet been accomplished, so he did not qualify for unemployment and an apartment lease had just been signed, adding to the stress level.

He soon got hired on at a local company in Everett WA, that gave him a truck to use and take home. That truck was the only reason he was able to make it to work everyday. Day care for his 8 year son was a fortune for Rod, as he was working to establish his career. Needless to say, medical coverage was out of the question. After 4 years he got his limited energy journeyman card and his salary increased substantially. Now Rod is a 120v Electrician (01 Journeyman).