Q: Why are you running for the 91st District seat now?
A: I had considered running earlier but decided not to since I came to realize that my personal life was too busy at the time. My son was at West Point, my daughter was marrying and later, I became the proud grandfather of identical twin girls. Those events easily top the political world and thus I decided to wait until things settled down.
Things may have become more normal in my household but things are out of control in the State of Michigan. Fifteen percent unemployment, a state economy/work force that has lost focus and a state budget that is being balanced with stimulus money (read future taxes for our children) are only the tip of the iceberg. For too long, this state has been represented by politicians from both sides that have put their political and personal desires ahead of the needs of their constituents or the state.
I am running now to provide servant leadership to the 91st district. I am not a career politician but a man who wants to listen, understand and provide for the needs of my district….not my needs. We need to understand what the economic foundation of this state is and build on it. The old foundations can no longer support this state.
