JACK'S VISION OF DEMOCRATIC CHANGE *An End to Veterans' Housing Shortages *A National Guard that Guards our Nation, Not Iraq *Reserves who are Reserves, Not Iraq Bomber Targets *An Orderly Timetable to Re-Deploy Our Troops: "Stay the Course" is Not Policy, it's LACK of one! End the Unnecessary Iraq War that Creates new Terrorists *Government that Listens, Cares, and Doesn't Pander *Competent Management of Government Programs *Tax Cuts to Innovative Business, not to GOP-Cronies *Return Honesty and Dignity to Our Government *Restore Checks & Balances to Presidential Power *Cancel Tax Breaks that Benefit the Wealthy Few *Lobbying Reform and an End Corporate Welfare *Return to Rising Wages, not just Rising Profits *Re-Instate "Pay as You Go" to Federal Spending *Rebuild FEMA: Never Ignore Another Katrina *Deal with Rising Debt - Stop Raising Debt Limit *Raise Minimum Wage - It Worked for Florida! *Stop "No Bid" Federal Contracts and "Pork" *Make Drilling Off Florida's Coast Off Limits *Restore Oversight and Audit Federal Contracts *Subsidize Alternative Fuels, Not Oil Companies *U.S. Firms as Market Leaders in Solar Energy *Global Cooperation to Halt Global Warming *Offer Health Care Coverage like Congress Has *Invest in our Educating, Training, Technology *End Tax Breaks for Sending Good Jobs Abroad *Protect Our Phone Records and Our Privacy *Student Loans a Last Resort, not a Bank Windfall *Offer a Helping Hand, Not Ignore the Helpless *A Congress More Loyal to Country than Party *Voting Rights and End to Partisan Redistricting *Equal Rights and Equal Opportunity for All *Bill Clinton & Bush Sr. to Broker MidEast Peace *Set Deadline to Redeploy All Troops from Iraq *Restore Our Pride at Home and Respect Abroad Jack is a Marine Vet who also served his country four more years in the Naval Reserves. He is a graduate of Miami of Florida where he majored in Government. University of Virginia awarded him his Masters Degree in Secondary Education, skills he applied well as a high school Economics teacher. Jack also spent over a decade managing businesses in the private sector. His lifetime of service includes teaching in Washington D.C. inner -city schools, volunteer in Habitat for Humanity, president of Informed Citizens of Palm Coast, Marine Corps League Det. 876, American Legion Post 115, and Knights of Columbus. Jack lives in St. Augustine with his two golden retrievers, Ben and Jeri.
Unsolicited report from a constituent yesterday: On Sunday, October 29 Pat Duggins hosted WMFE's " Ballot 2006 Debate". I tuned in to watch Congressman John Mica (R) debate Marine veteran and challenger John Chagnon (D) of St. Augustine. Sadly there was no debate. Mica was a "no-show", declining-to-debate, slacker.
During the half hour program, John Chagnon showed again and again that he has the "right stuff" to represent Congressional District 7. Chagnon plainly and intelligently answered questions and confidently looked straight into the camera. He explained how Mica's votes have hurt middle class families and students, that loyalist Mica still supports George Bush's failed "stay the course" of endless war, and tax cuts for the wealthiest. More importantly, Chagnon had sensible answers, not a "tap dance" or stammers, to the debate questions.
Mica's unexcused absence shows that he has no respect for C.D. 7 voters, troops and their families during a war that has lasted longer than WWII. Maybe Mica skipped the debate because he just couldn't figure out how to explain his votes against working families, veterans, and the environment. I say: Congressman "No-Show" Mica must go!
(P.S. To Dixie: I have never met John Chagnon. Last spring, three friends and I delivered a petition, with over 100 signatures of voters from C.D. 7 who requested that the cuts in social programs be stopped and that Congressman Mica take a stand for the people, to Mica's main district office in Maitland. We were told by the secretary his "scheduler in D.C." would make a appointment for us to speak with Mica. We are still waiting for that meeting. Another no-show Mica event!)
-- Cheryl McClish
P r e s s R e l e a s e
Florida's 7th Congressional District, October 16, 2006: The results of a scientific poll of Florida's 7th Congressional District race between John ("Jack") Chagnon and John Mica (R) were released today. The polling was conducted from Oct. 4 - Oct. 11 by Einhorn & Lewis, Inc. of Daytona Beach, one of the most experienced and respected bipartisan political polling firms in East-Central Florida.
The sample of 501 likely voters was collected from randomly-sequenced data obtained from elections supervisors in all six counties of the 7th District: Flagler, Orange (Orlando), Putnam, St. Johns (s. Jacksonville suburbs), Seminole (n. Orlando), and Volusia (Daytona Beach). The stratified sample matched the current distribution of registered voters in the District by gender, race, party affiliation, and county of residence. All results refer to likely voters and have a 4 percent margin of error, unless otherwise indicated.
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