Saturday, August 6, 2016

Unite for Education candidate forum summary

Unite for Education held an excellent candidate forum on Friday night.  All of the candidates for AZ house, AZ senate and CD5 were in attendance.  Each candidate made a 3 minute statement and was available for informal question and answer.

The forum was an excellent opportunity to hear from all of the candidates in one place.

Overall it reinforced my existing choices:

LaCinda Lewis (AZ house) - Articulate, passionate about education and wants to significantly improve the communication between state and local government.  Our current legislators have been the opposite of local control, so this is a breath of fresh air!

Jimmy Lindblom (AZ senate) - Jimmy spoke from the heart about the importance of education and its necessity to unlock doors for all.  He also has a strong business background.

Christine Jones (CD5) - Very well spoken, understands importance of education on a personal level (husband is a teacher), strong business background and understands the need to work together in order to get things done.  I don't agree with all of her positions but I have confidence in her ability to be a successful leader in Washington.

Single shot LaCinda Lewis and Scott Anderson

LaCinda Lewis (AZ House) and Scott Anderson (Gilbert Town Council) are both running in races for multiple seats.  This means that you can vote for another candidate as well.  However, both races determine winners based on overall votes.  This means that it is probably the better choice to ONLY vote for LaCinda and Scott.

Friday, August 5, 2016

Andy Biggs - Dog Catcher

There have been plenty of stories in the news recently detailing concerns regarding Andy's track record of vindictiveness, punitive nature, and lack of leadership.  No need for me to re-hash those stories here.

What I will do is speak from personal experience.  I have met Andy in person on two occasions; once as a Republican PC and once in his legislative office to discuss education.  On both occasions, I found Andy to appear self centered and more interested in talking than listening.  I had the impression that he had already made up his mind and wasn't really interested in others opinions.

We need people in congress that will place action for the good of our country over personal ideology.

I wouldn't vote for Andy Biggs for dog catcher!
#neverbiggs

Arizona Free Enterprise Club - Dog Catcher

Received this in the mail today from the Arizona Free Enterprise Club.  Nice of them to remind me who NOT to vote for!!