I think this makes six people running against Steve Kagen in the 8th district.
Welcome Joe.
From the Wild Mining News.
In his first press release Joe here talks about,Welcome Joe.
From the Wild Mining News.
"Stern to make run for Congress as independent
(11/4/2009)
Stern to make run for Congress as independent
Hank Murphy
Former Niagara Mayor Joe Stern said Monday that he is running for the Eighth Congressional District’s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Stern said he intends to run as a conservative independent and will challenge the Republican and Democrat nominees in November 2010. Steve Kagen, a two-term Democrat from Appleton, currently holds the seat.
Stern, 44, who lives in the Town of Beecher, served as Niagara’s mayor from January 2005 to January 2009. He chose not to seek re-election.
He said his job now is running for Congress. Because he cannot compete with candidates like Kagen in terms of campaign spending “my success is going to be dependent on a grass roots effort.” He said he’ll need people to volunteer time and donate time.
Asked if he believes he actually has a shot against established parties, Stern said, “Absolutely believe I can make a run at it, and I don’t think next year’s will be a typical election. I think there is going to be a tremendous backlash and I think it’s going to be a backlash against the established parties.”
Stern said his motivation for running is “disgust with the way Congress is conducting its business” and treating taxpayers.
He criticized the Obama administration’s claims of jobs created and saved as “laughable.” There is no way to quantify how many jobs have been saved through the $787 billion federal stimulus plan, Stern said.
The first-time homebuyer program, which was meant to stimulate the housing sector, is costing the federal government $37,000 to deliver an $8,000 tax credit, Stern claimed. The Cash for Clunkers program cost the taxpayers $24,000 per car to delivery a $4,500 buyer subsidy, he said.
Stern said he considers himself a pro-life conservative candidate more closely aligned with Republicans than Democrats.
“Neither party is truly serving my interests at this point,” he said. “I’m not going to run as a Republican, but I’ll be happy to take their money.”
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jobs from the stimulus,
how much fraud is going on with the first time home buyer program,
the sham with the cash for clunkers and
is pro life.
Who is this guy?
2 comments:
In my view Stern was a good mayor while in Niagara. He seemed to appear on the scene "out of nowhere" and unseated a longtime incumbent mayor. The city ran smoothly under Stern - I think he would easily have won re-election had he decided to remain mayor. Based on his proven ability to unseat an incumbent he just might be the one to take on Kagen. I'm not sure what Stern's positions are in the congressional contest - my comments are based solely on his time as mayor.
Steve, thanks for the info.
I was told Stern was the one on getting money out of New Page for Niagara and the New Mayor took all the credit for it. Trying to get more info on that. If he's serious, he needs to get to the valley and the rest of the 8th.
Thanks again, have a GREAT weekend.
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