My name is Mike Huntoon.  I’m not an elected official, but I work for one.

I do not have any plans to ever seek elected office for myself, I’m just a guy who believes in government by and for the people.

I serve as the Chief of Staff to Representative Mike Boland who is the elected representative of the 71st district.  Representative Boland’s district encompasses portions of Carroll, Henry, Rock Island, and Whiteside Counties in Northwestern Illinois.

I believe that public service means actually serving the public, and that’s why I originally came to work for Mr Boland in his district office in East Moline.  Before coming to work for Representative Boland, I was a consumer activist.  Reduced to it’s most simple level, that means that in my prior career I tried to tell elected officials what to do on behalf of regular people.  Now I answer the phones for an elected official, and tell him what the people want him to do.

While I’m entrusted with a great variety of duties and responsibilities, the favorite part of my job is helping senior citizens and disabled persons sign up for Circuit Breaker benefits, because I know the program is of great benefit to a large number of people, and I sleep well at night knowing my efforts have made a difference.

Together with Joe Brown, who is the district office manager, as well as the volunteers and interns who help us, we do our best to truly serve the people of the 71st district.

Representative Boland’s district office is located at 4416 River Drive in Moline, our phone is 309/736-3360, and the office email address is ILRepMikeBoland@aol.com.  If you call and ask for the “other” Mike, you get to speak to me.