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Show ! DAILY HERALD Thursday, November 2, 2006 J "Al tings role for principle, though gnu mag vole alone, and gou mag cherish the sweelexl reflection that mur rote Is never lost" John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States U.S. House of Representatives District 2 Jim Matheson I Party: hemocrut I 4d. Salt Lake City I Occupation: Congressman, tiusinessman in the energy industry t Education: Master's of business busi-ness udmimstrution I Fun fact: In high .school, he organized the world's largest larg-est game of musical chairs, with 1, 7:9 chairs He has the iuinness Hook of World Records Re-cords from 1 979 to prove it I Contact: www mutheson-forcongress mutheson-forcongress com irn Matheson is socking tl a fourth term because 3jr be wants to continue advocating on behalf of Utah. His major lot-uses include standing up against the potential po-tential dangers of renewed nuclear weapons testing, putting a stop to outrageous deficit spending and keeping children safe from inappropriate inappropri-ate online material Fiscal responsibility will require structure to halt overspending, which needs Bob Blister I Party: Green 15, Salt Luke City I Occupation: Former outreach coordinator for Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance I Education: Muster's degree in social work t Fun fact: Listened to almost nothing hut reggae during the lflHtls I Contact: u'ww.brisferor- eongrcss.org oli Brister gives three I ("CC reasons why he is run-UV run-UV rung for Congress: 1) He believes people should be able to vote for an anti-war candidate, and he didn't see any others jumping into the U.S. House District 3 Chris Cannon I Party: Republican ft .', Mapleton ft Occupation: Congressman ft Education: Bachelor's and law degrees, Brighum Young University ft Fun fact: No fun fact provided. hris Cannon is run- II ning for his sixth term Vfci representing Utah's 3rd District, and his campaign is emphasizing the things a 10-year incumbent would emphasize em-phasize accomplishments so far. influence on current issues and connections to the movers and shakers. During his contested primary pri-mary against an opponent with deep pockets earlier this year, in fact. President Cieorge W. Bush and his wile recorded radio ads for Cannon. Cannon has, in turn, been supportive of the Bush administration's ad-ministration's proposals. That includes the controversial No Child Left Behind Act, which Cannon voted for as "a cata- Jim Nooriander I Party: Constitution ft 57, Fairview I Occupation: Roofing eon-tractor eon-tractor ft Education: Utah Valley Technical College (now Utah Valley State College) ft Fun fact: Nooriander gives regular talks in which he promises, in 20 minutes, to teach people to defend the Constitution. Jim Nooriander registered regis-tered as a Republican when he was 18 and served as a county and state delegate for the party for 20 years. He was increasingly increas-ingly dissatisfied with the GOP, however, and decided to move to the Constitution Party. In his campaign talks, he warns about the dangers of socialism, which he says has been embraced by Republicans Republi-cans and Democrats alike. He denounces both major parties as he wrote on his Web sjte, "Within the major parties t& i4 d, rfLrfi idi.iii'nAif to stop, he said. He said he believes enough people in Congress and are concerned enough to create a good opportunity op-portunity to put those restrictions in place. Matheson Mathe-son said he would vote against appropriations for renewed weapons testing, he would continue to ask questions ques-tions about the process and he would present legislation requiring companies to prove safety in the tests. He also has two pieces of legislation pending pend-ing that will give parents help in monitoring their children's online activities and protect them from obscene material. "I think that I represent Utahas because I am not a rubber stamp for a political party at all," he said. ring: 2) the Democratic Party has failed to serve as a real opposition party in Congress; and 3) "I really re-ally want to remove Jim Matheson from office. I think his record has been really terrible." PHOTO NOT PROVIDED Those actions he disagrees with include in-clude voting for the Iraq war and the Central America Free Trade Agreement, gutting the Endangered Species Act and voting for the Federal Mar- lyst for needed change" and "an opportunity to inject some long-held Republican principles into those programs," according to his Web site. But he has since said its has been faulty and that both the law and the Department of Education should be tossed or drastically scaled back. He has also been central in the debate over immigration immigra-tion reform. While he's gone along with calls to strengthen border security, he also has said that workers currently in the country illegally are important to the economy and should not be deported en masse. Cannon and his wife, Claudia, Clau-dia, have eight children. decisions are no longer based on 'wrong' or 'right' they have be come 'left' and 'right.' " He also talks about the Security Secu-rity and Prosperity Partnership of North America, a joint effort of the United Unit-ed States, Mexico and Canada to coordinate resources for border security, infectious disease dis-ease outbreaks, natural disaster disas-ter response and streamlined international trade. He called it an effort to erase national boundaries, the result of which would be mass immigration to America and what he predicts would be a disastrous expansion of government gov-ernment social programs. Nooriander and his wife, Liza, have 11 children and 17 grandchildren. nirfini4iitftiitii A ttmftnlff ii iiiCKiiii tf LXth Austin Shenvood Lett I Party: Libertarian I 65, St. George I Occupation: Research and development on fuel cell car project I Education: Master's degree in business I Fun fact: Spent 20 years in Alcoholics Anonymous, currently cur-rently sponsoring 10 people I Contact: www.lettforlib-erty.blog.spot.com www.lettforlib-erty.blog.spot.com " s a Libertarian, Austin JHiV Lett is opposed to big UU government. There should be enough governance to keep a person from hurting someone else or taking someone some-one else's property, but more than that is excessive. "Essentially, I just think that government is not the answer," he said. "It is the problem." The unnecessary parts of government include the departments of energy, education, health and human services, housing and urban development, interior and so riage Amendment. At the forefront of Brister's campaign is getting U.S. troops out of Iraq immediately, immediate-ly, for which he will vote, he said. He would vote in favor of the Endangered Species Act and spoasor wilderness legislation to keep public lands in Utah well-maintained and undeveloped. He also would work against the Washington County Growth and Conservation Conserva-tion Act, which would develop 40 miles of land around St. George very quickly. People who want change should vote for him, he said. "If not, they can vote for either the Democrat or the Republican, Re-publican, it doesn't matter." Christian Burridge I Party: Democrat ft 31, South Jordan ft Occupation: Attorney ft Education: Bachelor's degree, de-gree, University of the Pacific; Pa-cific; law degree, Brigham Young University ft Fun fact: The top songs on his iPod include "Come With Me" by Puff Daddy and "We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister. hristian Burridge has if always planned to run for Congress he just didn't plan on doing it this soon. The impetus came from a Democratic Party e-mail he received, shortly before candidate can-didate filing ended, lamenting the fact that no one had filed to oppose incumbent Chris Cannon. Burridge had seen Cannon debate then-incumbent U.S. Rep. Bill Orton, a Democrat, as a student in 1996 and wasn't impressed. So he decided to enter the race this year. Philip L. Hallman I Party: Libertarian ft 27, Provo ft Occupation: Real estate I Education: Associate degree, de-gree, Scottsdale Community College (Ariz.); bachelor's degree, California State Uni-versity-Northridge ft Fun fact: Part of his inspiration inspira-tion to run for office came from an assault charge stemming from an alleged road-rage incident; Hallman says the arresting officer violated vio-lated his rights, a complaint that was investigated and dismissed. He later pleaded guilty to a charge of failure to obey a peace officer. n R n hen it comes to V " If campaign spend-VV spend-VV ing, Philip Hallman is definitely not running with the moneybags candidates he's spent $450 on his race, he said. But it doesn't take huge handf uls of cash to criticize Congress, and Hallman does so freely. "I don't think amthing's be- i n on. NASA could go, along with the federal income tax, and the l'u '""" Denartment of Defense would be decreased and only used for defending the country. Only those departments called for in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution should be in place, he said. If elected, Lett will be a part of this government "I think the best way to attack government gov-ernment is from the inside" but said he does not plan to contribute to the increasing size of the federal government. govern-ment. He wont hire a staff or take a salary, but go and speak out as much as possible about the evils of big government. govern-ment. "One or two people can make a lot of noise," Lett said. J tw i 71 LaVar Christensen I Party: Republican ft 53, Draper ft Occupation: Attorney and business owner ft Education: Law degree ft Fun fact Great-great-grandfather was on first Salt Lake City Council, Utah Legislature ft Contact: www. lavarf or congress. con-gress. com aVar Christensen is running for Congress I to make sure the Dem ocrats don't gain control, he said. He said he worries that with a Democratic majority in the House, the Senate or both, the national agenda will take a liberal turn that isn't in Utah's best interest or the nation's. He has pitched himself as a solid Utahn who happens to be a Demo crat. For example, he says he opposes gay marriage, supports abortion restrictions and wants to scale back the No Child Left Behind Act, but he also wants to increase the minimum wage and make health care more widely available. He said the highest profile issue in the race illegal immigration is a bit of a "red herring" and a "wedge issue." He favors enforcing laws against employing illegal workers as a first step toward addressing the issue. Burridge has criticized the chummy relationship between monied interests, lobbyists and members of Congress. ing handled well in Congress right now," he said. He's staked out positions on several issues that he would pursue: more school choice, encouraging en-couraging more nuclear nucle-ar power generation and setting up an immigration system in which people with the proper identification are allowed to move freely across borders, which would "allow everybody to compete freely in the same market." "1 dont believe that working work-ing is a crime, whether you're a citizen of the United States or not a citizen of the United States," he said. He also called the Iraq invasion inva-sion "a failure" and said U.S. troops should be removed as soon as possible. f 1 Jv LI W. David Perry I Party: Constitution I 59, Sandy I Occupation: Motorcycle dealer I Education: Associate degree I Fun fact: Used to race cars, now just watches NASCAR and other leagues. Favorite drivers are Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart. ft Contact: www. perry4congress. com W. David Perry is running for office to give himself the chance to restore the Constitution Consti-tution to the intentions of its writers. The checks and balances bal-ances written into the document docu-ment are being watered down and erased entirely, he says. "I would actually stand up for what I believe instead of going along with the whole group." He said he would consider bringing impeachment charges charg-es against federal judges who make law instead of interpreting it, and he said he He said he wants to help the country return to its constitutional constitu-tional roots and moral absolutes. The other purposes of his candidacy can-didacy are to encourage encour-age secure borders, improving im-proving fiscal fis-cal respon sibility and ensuring a healthy economy. The economy will be aided by making the 2001 tax cuts permanent per-manent and drilling responsibly responsi-bly for oil in Alaska and other American sites. Utah County Commissioner Steve White ft Party: Republican ft 57, Provo ft Occupation: County commissioner ft Education: Bachelor's degree ft Fun fact: Hiked 81 miles from Lake Chapeta to the Mirror Lake Trailhead with this teenage sons. ft Contact: www.notlredcent. com IR3H or the county to run J m smoothly, its govern-Ui govern-Ui ment needs to have continuity, and Steve White says he provides that. If reelected, re-elected, he'll be the longest-running longest-running commissioner still in office and thus has the necessary neces-sary experience. "I know the budget, and that's the most important thing that we do," he said. The big issues for White, who has served one term on the commission, are commuter commut-er rail and other alternates to Interstate 15, law enforcement enforce-ment and social services. Joseph Brierley I Party: Democrat 1 53, Spanish Fork I Occupation: Financial adviser I Education: Bachelor's degree I Fun fact: Avid gardener, favorite fa-vorite feature is a waterfall and pond in the back yard Contact nnvw.yesjoseph.org etting rid of regres- srve taxation is Joseph Jo-seph Brierley 's No. 1 reason for running for the Utah County Commission. He wants to get rid of business busi-ness taxes and instead tax the people who own and run the business. Thus, their incomes should be taxed instead of taxing tax-ing what the business makes, since businesses cant suffer from greed, he said. He also wants to tie personal per-sonal income taxes closer to income and account for the costs of basic living when taxes are levied. "Right now they're regressive regres-sive in that they put more of a burden to those who cant would support action to begin getting troops out of Iraq, " in what he called an war, although that couldnt be done immediately. im-mediately. His stance on issues is determined by the Con PHOTO NOT PROVIDED stitution. An example he gave was that of the proposed fourth House seat for Utah that would come along with a seat for Washington, Wash-ington, DC, thus adding two seats to the House of Representatives. Repre-sentatives. Census numbers show Utah should get another seat, but Perry would vote against it because the Constitution says only states are represented, not cities. "There's a lot of gray areas, but I would use the Constitution Constitu-tion as a guide," he said. To solve the immigration conundrum, Christensen wants to secure the borders and require Mexico to accept responsibility for the current situation, then focus on the other side of immigration that tends to get lost in the chatter. "Both the legal and the illegal il-legal immigration systems are in need of immediate action to reconcile these contradictions," contradic-tions," he said. He said the federal government govern-ment has engaged in deficit spending that has incurred a huge debt, which stems in a large part from the government govern-ment getting involved in so many tasks. Less involvement leads to lower taxes. Transportation is important, he said, because in just a few years 1-15 will be overloaded, and then construction will start, reducing the lanes to two. The other issues are interrelated. Another wing is being added to the jail, which will double the number of beds. White said he thinks this will suffice for longer than the last addition because the county is looking at the number of mentally ill people who commit crimes and dealing deal-ing with them in a different way. Also, the county is hiring more officers to police the canyons and for pretrial services; ser-vices; all may be done without raising property taxes, which is his goal. afford it," he said. Business is also a major issue. The government at aS levels is weakening weaken-ing antitrust laws and building monopolies, resulting in money being concentrated con-centrated PHOTO NOT PROVIDED into small groups. Small businesses need to be strengthened and encouraged in the county. The current commission, Brierley believes, is more likely to put money into big business and give tax breaks to the big conglomerates, con-glomerates, citing the trickle-down trickle-down effect for helping the rest of the county. "The Republican Party is mostly controlled by regres-sives, regres-sives, and that's the case with our current county commission," commis-sion," he said. "They're very regressive there." pom? |