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DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. — Karin McKee says improving customer service will be among her top priorities if she is elected Dawson County’s Tax Commissioner in May.

“The people there are not friendly,” she said. “I want to do away with the cold government environment. To do that I would evaluate the personnel and reevaluate the whole system from the leadership on down.”

McKee began her career in the healthcare industry in the late 1960’s. She brings an extensive background in business operations, financial record-keeping and management of large budgets to her second campaign for Tax Commissioner. She ran for the office in 2012 and lost by just 150 votes.

“My years of experience in providing quality service to those who are not able to care for themselves, my compassion for the less fortunate and my strong desire to give something back to our community and serve the public convinced me to make another run,” she said

From 1969 to 1990, McKee served as business office manager for Ashton Woods Convalescent Center in Atlanta where she managed accounts payable/receivable, Medicare billing and served as consultant for medical records. In 1990, she was named assistant administrator and bookkeeper of Knollwood Terrace (Nursing Center) where her responsibilities included hiring staff, setting up policies and procedures, managing budgets and Medicare and Medicaid billing.

A 2014 graduate of Leadership Dawson, McKee is currently the apartment manager for Mashburn Farms in Cumming where she handles all aspects of the operation.

McKee says if she is elected she will focus on improving customer service and will look at the good ideas that are being incorporated by successful tax commissioners’ offices across the state in order to ensure she provides the most efficient service to Dawson County residents.

“I will honor the county’s policy of anti-nepotism and competitive bidding so that the office will be run in the most professional, accountable and ethical manner,” she said.

McKee has been married to John McKee for 44 years. They raised two sons in neighboring Forsyth County and relocated to Dawson County eight years ago.