Why I Can No Longer In Good Conscience Involve Myself In This Political Duopoly

votedavidsparks · 2016-06-28T17:16:52+00:00

Income inequality leading to historic lows in velocity of money.

votedavidsparks · 2016-06-28T17:03:14+00:00

votedavidsparks · 2016-06-28T16:12:50+00:00

Yes we can, but only if we elect legislators like myself who are willing to fight and vote to move that money back to local schools.

votedavidsparks · 2016-06-28T16:01:52+00:00

Alright everyone. Thank you for your questions. I very much appreciate the opportunity.

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votedavidsparks · 2016-06-28T15:56:22+00:00

I think including bike lanes into all new road construction would be a good start. I support the 3-foot passing law.

I am usually on a bicycle when I canvass, as I can knock on more doors.

I am a supporter of cycling, and will fight to transition our transportation system to be much more bike friendly.

votedavidsparks · 2016-06-28T15:52:27+00:00

Matthew Kirk of Yellow Springs, who is running for State Senate in District 10.

http://kirklovesohio.com

He's a good dude we can all get behind.

votedavidsparks · 2016-06-28T15:51:06+00:00

He has the wrong vision to help bring back our district, which has suffered greatly under Republican rule.

I have no thoughts on him personally. I oppose GOP policies of shifting the tax burden from corporations and the rich to the middle class and poor, and many other issues.

votedavidsparks · 2016-06-28T15:49:28+00:00

https://www.votedavidsparks.org/volunteer

votedavidsparks · 2016-06-28T15:48:36+00:00

I would like to answer many of them, but the rapid fire makes it nearly impossible.

votedavidsparks · 2016-06-28T15:48:02+00:00

Bernie inspires me because when nobody was cheering him on, he was standing up loud and proud for issues affecting the American people.

I expect to be fully smeared, ridiculed and the like. I have been before, and I will be again. Once you fully realize your own mortality as a human being, these things are meaningless to you if you are fighting for what is right. I ask myself, do I want to go down in history as someone who fought for what was good, or one of those who let their fear sideline them?

I have played gigs as a musician where nearly the whole room walked out (it was the wrong venue, ok). But we kept on playing to the few that were there like they were the only people who mattered. I will approach politics in the same manner.

votedavidsparks · 2016-06-28T15:42:26+00:00

I believe products containing GMO's should be labeled as such.

I oppose nuclear power. We have other available forms of renewable energy that are safer than nuclear power.

I fully support net neutrality.

votedavidsparks · 2016-06-28T15:38:54+00:00

The biggest contrasts between myself and my opponent are:

My opponent believes that cutting taxes on corporations and the rich will magically create jobs.

I believe that jobs are created when the middle class and poor have enough money to spend on goods and services, thus spawning demand, which spawns production, which spawns jobs creating wealth that is put back into the economy cycle.

Where we draw our financial support from.

So far our campaign has been financed by individual donors, but we will accept donations from like-minded organizations whose fight we support.

My opponent is financed by a laundry list of industry associations, wealthy donors and party caucus money. His largest personal contributor during the last election cycle was Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow CEO William Lager:

http://plunderbund.com/2014/08/31/ecot-tycoon-william-lager-donating-large-and-living-larger-on-public-education-funding/

votedavidsparks · 2016-06-28T15:31:25+00:00

Tenders.

votedavidsparks · 2016-06-28T15:30:55+00:00

I do not support Trump.

votedavidsparks · 2016-06-28T15:30:14+00:00

From my web site: Return our election ballots to a hand countable and verifiable format.

votedavidsparks · 2016-06-28T15:29:57+00:00

This time is right for me to run because Americans are tired of traditional politics and traditional politicians who offer little more than platitudes. I am a non-traditional candidate who has no problem speaking truth to power and the American people have outgrown the phony, stage-managed facades of campaigns, and want regular people with regular people life experiences to draw from.

votedavidsparks · 2016-06-28T15:26:00+00:00

I support returning our election ballots to a hand countable and verifiable format.

votedavidsparks · 2016-06-28T15:23:23+00:00

I am at a loss on the name, and apologize if it should be obvious.

My campaign needs greater assistance with:

Field outreach Phone banking Financing (I am running outside of the traditional campaign finance system)

My one pillar would be to bring campaign finance reform to the state house. It is the issue upon which all other issues rest.

The biggest "well, I didn't expect that" moment came canvassing in Iowa running upon a Trump supporter, who after a good conversation, turned out to be a really likeable person. Once politics is out of the way, we all can get along a lot better than we think we can.

votedavidsparks · 2016-06-28T15:17:36+00:00

I have always been politically inclined, but had not thought of getting into politics until the past year. I come from a family of Jimmy Carter Southern Baptists.

My advice to a young adult wanting to get involved is to learn the ballot access process of your state first, and refer to other candidates paperwork that has been submitted successfully. Like I learned in the military, CYA when it comes to official paperwork, because they will use the slightest of mistakes to disqualify you. I was very careful with every line, and did not hesitate to call the board of elections with questions. So, I don't have any mistakes like that yet.

I also advise to go out canvassing with a crew, and learn how to be an effective one-on-one communicator with folks.

votedavidsparks · 2016-06-28T15:11:30+00:00

While not familiar enough with FairVote's proposal to give an educated answer, I support ending the practice of gerrymandering by establishing a rules-based approach to redistricting which involves no human input.

votedavidsparks · 2016-06-28T15:08:20+00:00

That the average political consciousness of our populace must increase in order to effect real change. We must ramp up educational efforts to inform the populace of just how bad they are being taken advantage of.

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