Response to Barry Dain Steinhagen on Keystone XL

This morning on Erie Talk in the Morning on AM 1400 (http://www.jetradio1400.com/programs/), Barry took a call from someone who said the most recent pipeline leak in a lake was additional validation that the Keystone XL pipeline should not be built. Following that call someone attempted to use sarcasm to indicate we should regress and not

My wife Michele affirming our support for life on JET TV (ABC)

http://www.yourerie.com/news/news-article/d/story/erie-pro-life-supporters-attend-national-march-for/32804/ClCnBC_GJ06eEQHhACwq-w Glad to have my wife clearly state our principles when it comes to life. The march is at 1 PM today.

The only place to start: foundational principles

I get a little anxious when someone interjects into a discussion that either the “constitution says” or the “founders intended.” While there is a broad set of things that are clear in the constitution, and many things that the founders did intend, if something is being discussed then it’s likely that the clear application of

TV Commercial

Here’s the commercial running on the local stations over this 24-hour period.

Service to those who wrote a blank check for our country

Recently I had the enjoyable opportunity to participate with my family in packing boxes for Project Support Our Troops (see my earlier press release for further information). While packing boxes I realized it was very important to actively participate in service activities. It is easy to talk about support, but when you actually take the

Pro business, anti corporate welfare, welfare is not “standard” deductions

At an event recently a Democrat in the area said that the economy is driven not by business but by the coin people have jingling in their pockets. It’s an attractive narrative that avoids recognizing that the coin in someone’s pockets gets there from having a job. We must have businesses to organize the production of

Press Release: Former State Representative John Hornaman Endorses Luke Lofgren

Committee to Elect Luke Lofgren P. O. Box 8964 Erie, PA 16505 Contact: Luke Lofgren FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 16, 2014 Former State Representative John Hornaman Endorses Luke Lofgren Today the campaign to elect Luke Lofgren as Pennsylvania House Representative for the Third District announces that former Representative John Hornaman and his wife JoAnn are endorsing

Freedom. Family. Fiscal.

In having conversations with the people I hope to serve as representative, I have worked to have a firm and clear conviction on what I represent. I’ve also realized it helps to be able to distill things down into a set of words that can encompass my positions. So today is the announcement of those

I want to be your Representative

Over the years I have been corrected (and have corrected others) that we do not live in a Democracy. We live in a Representative Democracy. As such we-the-people do not vote on every issue, but we ask someone to represent our views at different levels of government. In the last week, someone  told me they are glad

Worth the effort

As I’ve worked to put together this campaign, I have mulled the question of “is it worth the effort?”. The political process is similar to capitalism in that many resources are expended and yet the outcome is that some will win and some will lose. But, I’ve realized that there is no wasted effort when