Republican Banquet Speech
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Why is Jim Brown running for Pennsylvania House of Representatives? It is because he is a God fearing man who expects more out of his government. We’ve had Republicans in control of the House for some time now but we still are not getting our conservative agenda passed. Every day that our Republican legislators drag their feet we have more needless abortion deaths, more rules and regulations choking our local businesses, more taxes, and more politically correct bureaucracy. Maybe they’ve got something more important to do than save lives and restore freedom to Pennsylvania but as the Representative from the 66th district I will not want even one unnecessary death on my conscience. The rights of the weakest Pennsylvanians will be a top priority.
I’m not a professional career politician; I am a career educator for 35 years, serving a 2nd term as Brockway Area School Director. I know full well how government regulations and mandates often do more to harm the educational opportunities for families than to help them. Education is a local issue and those decisions are best made by those closest to the student. The ultimate responsibility for the child’s education lies with the family. I would like to wean Pennsylvania off of Federal education money and return controls to more local levels.
It’s not just in education where we see that politics-as-usual has placed a death grip on the way things are run. If you are a local businessman or farmer, you know what the government bureaucracies have done to your business these past 26 years. You don’t have the freedom or support from your government that you need to succeed. If you are succeeding it is probably in spite of your government instead of because of it. A top priority in this campaign will be to consult with local business people and farmers to go over these government regulations to determine which ones have outlived their usefulness or should never have been put into law in the first place. Rather than make new laws I see a greater need to repeal laws that are choking our economy and killing our job market.
Another injustice on our Pennsylvania books is the property tax. I see a bull’s-eye on that target. Why should schools or any other feature of our society be paid for by just those who own property? If we have something to spend tax dollars on why don’t we have a sales tax where every consumer will pay a fair share? No tax should have the power to leave you homeless and that’s why the property tax needs to go.
Throughout my career, I have been a member of my church, the Gideons International, professional librarian & teacher groups, Pennsylvania School Boards Association, and the Brockway Fourth of July Committee.
But whether I am at work in the school, on the farm, in church, or the community, people are a priority for me. People know me as someone who will listen to them and share the good times as well as the not so good. I am a man of action. If there is a cause or job that needs done people know I can be depended on to see the project through to its completion. If Pennsylvania ever had a cause before it certainly has one in 2012. I want the people of the 66th district to know they can count on me to help them with the problems they have with the government.
We are not Pittsburgh, we are not Philadelphia, we are not Harrisburg, we ARE district 66. We raise our families here, we build our homes here, we worship God here, we work our jobs here. We are not the same as Harrisburg or any place else. Those places are not home to us. They are different from us, and they don’t understand us. It is almost like they are a wilderness to us in the sense that they do not sustain us. We need representation in Harrisburg that understands that. I want to be your voice in the wilderness, crying out to deliver those under the yoke of bondage of government over-regulation and to set at liberty them that are bruised with bureaucratic red tape.
Who should support Jim Brown for the House?
· If you think politicians spend too much money, you should vote for Jim Brown. I will practice what I preach and refuse the pension of Bonusgate.
· If you want someone untainted by the good old boy network of Computergate, you should support Jim Brown. I will fight for term limits and refuse lobby money that conflicts with the conservative values of this district.
· If you love your country, and want to see the rights of the people protected, as God and the Constitution proclaim they should be protected, then you should support Jim Brown. I’ve studied and taught both the Bible and the Constitution for years.
· If you live in the 66th district, you should support Jim Brown. The 66th district is my home. I will vigilantly guard your personal rights and freedoms that the Constitution has guaranteed to you.
· I thank you for voting for Jim Brown.
Dr. James M. Brown--Biography
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Biography of James Mark Brown
Known as Jim to most people in Jefferson County, Jim married Cheryl Anne Gustafson, the daughter of Everett and Esther Gustafson at the Brockway Christian and Missionary Alliance Church in 1976. Jim and Cheryl attended Asbury College together and after graduation taught school in the Kentucky, Martin County School District. After Asbury Jim and Cheryl attended Morehead State University and the University of Kentucky earning graduate degrees. Their first daughter, Charity was born there in Kentucky.
In 1983, their home church in Brockway commissioned them as Missionary Associates and sent them to Penang, Malaysia to work as teachers at Dalat School. During those years the Browns had their three boys born: Benjamin, Joshua, and Timothy. In addition to teaching Jim would travel around the state of Penang and some of the rest of Southeast Asia speaking in various churches. During the summers Jim continued his education working on his doctorate from Oxford Graduate School out of Dayton, Tennessee. In 1992 Jim earned a Masters in Library Science from Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Then in 1994 as their family grew to five children with the birth of their daughter Christina they returned to the States and found employment as a school administrator in Ohio near Jim’s family. Their family was completed in 1996 with the birth of Michelle.
In 2005 the Browns made the decision to return to Jefferson County, Pennsylvania when Cheryl’s dad, Everett, had some heart trouble. Family is important to the Browns and by God’s grace a home next to Cheryl’s parents came open creating the opportunity to live close enough to help as needed. Jim and Cheryl have worked at the DuBois First Baptist Church School and now Jim currently works in public education at Jeff Tech in Reynoldsville.
It sure does look like education is in the blood of the Brown family but coursing right along with that is the blood of farming. Ever since those Kentucky days Jim and Cheryl have raised chickens, ducks, goats, and various other farm animals. Jim says it helps to raise children when you have animals around.
Throughout Jim’s career, he has been members of the Gideons International, Penang Librarian’s Group, Association of Christian Librarians, National Education Association, Pennsylvania School Boards Association, Brockway Fourth of July Committee, and the Pennsylvania School Librarians’ Association.
Jim’s public office service includes two terms on the Brockway Area School Board where he serves on several committees including the Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) By-Laws Committee representing PA Region 1 as the Assistant Director. In other duties as a school director Jim has chaired the negotiation committee helping to develop a working contract between the school board and the teacher’s union.
Whether Jim is at work on the farm, in church, in education, or the community, people have been a priority for him. People know Jim as someone who will listen to them and share the good times as well as the not so good. Jim is a man of action. If there is a cause or job that needs done people know they can count on Jim to see the project through to its conclusion. If Pennsylvania ever had a cause before it certainly has one in 2012. The people of the PA 66th House district can count on Jim to help them out with the problems they have with the government, with business, and with their communities.
Who should support Jim?
- If you have children in school, you should support Jim. He’s a professional educator with 34 years of experience.
- If you have a farm, you should support Jim. He understands farming and the many ways that government tries to tell you how to farm.
- If you are in business, you should support Jim. He has worked in sales, been a sales manager, and worked on commission. He can feel your pain as you pour through government regulations that stifle your business.
- If you love your country, and want to see the rights of the people protected as the Constitution says they should be protected, you should support Jim. He’s studied and taught the Constitution for years.
- If you live in the PA 66th House district, you should support Jim. The PA 66th House district is home to Jim. He wants to keep it the land of the free and the home of the brave for years to come. He will vigilantly guard your personal rights and freedoms that the Constitution has guaranteed to you.
If you would like to know where Jim stands on any of the issues take a look at Jim’s Issue Pages. If your issue is not there tell Jim about it. He wants to hear from you.
More information at http://vote4jimbrown.wordpress.com/
Smaller government works just as well, if not better, and saves us money too.
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Meet James
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James Mark Brown, candidate for the position of Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 66th District, knows the people of this district. Life has been rough these past few years. The economy is struggling, even choking under the heavy yoke that our government has placed upon it. Dr. Brown is proposing to take a second look at those laws that put hardships on the citizens of the 66th district and take action to remove them from the books. If you've had a particular run in with government regulations in your home or business you are just the person he needs to hear from. James Mark Brown, a candidate for the struggling taxpayer.