I am not a politician and never thought I would run for office.  The failures in Harrisburg that have hurt our families made me change my mind.  We need a different direction and mindset.  A citizen-legislator is what the founders of our great country knew worked best and that is what I seek to be– someone applying life experience to our government for the benefit of all.

As a retired two-star Admiral with 30 years of service in the Navy, I learned leadership, integrity, and accountability.  We don’thave enough of that now in the legislature and there are failures to prove it.

Route 202 was supposed to be widened from Paoli to Frazer, but that funding was lost.  Leadership will get that done.

Our legislature spends taxpayer money, our money, on getting themselves reelected.  They don’t ban lobbyist gifts.  They hide how money is spent in legislative offices.  As proven daily in the Navy, integrity would ensure reform.

Our government is inefficiently run, but few in power seem to care.  Accountability would force politicians and bureaucrats to take a hard look at spending and take responsibility for it.

I run my own small business.  I have created jobs, stayed within a budget, met many payrolls, and paid for health insurance.  These are skills and burdens that are unfamiliar to most in Harrisburg but are critically important if we are to solve our most difficult problems in Pennsylvania– and despite attempts to convince you otherwise, we have a terrible record of job and income growth, out of control government spending (and therefore taxes), and skyrocketing health-insurance costs.

These are tough problems but facing them with common sense, experience, and a dogged determination to put us on the right track will work.

We have had too much talk, most of it focused on convincing us that things are better than the facts tell us.  We need tough leaders to face our tough problems, leaders who will tell you the truth and push aside the lobbyists and special interests that are at the core of “business as usual” in Harrisburg and elsewhere.  That’s why I am running– for my family and yours.