ANNOUNCEMENT: Mia Love is Being featured as a "2014 HISTORY MAKER" in Houston Business Connections Magazine

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Meet Mia Love

"Congresswoman Elect Mia Love (4th Congressional District of Utah) is the first black Republican woman to be elected to the United States Congress."

Mayor Mia Love is the daughter of Haitian-American parents who legally immigrated to the United States in the 1970s with the hope that they would one day achieve the American Dream for themselves and their children. Born in Brooklyn, Mia was raised primarily in Connecticut and graduated from the University of Hartford with a degree in Fine Arts. Soon after graduation she moved to Utah and married her husband, Jason Love.

Mia won a seat on the Saratoga Springs City Council in 2003, and six years later she was elected Mayor of Saratoga Springs with nearly 60 percent of the vote.

During her one full term as mayor, Mia pursued an agenda focused on reducing city spending, fighting against intrusions on personal liberty, and implementing sound fiscal policies. Despite the recent economic downturn, Saratoga Springs continues to hold the highest bond rating possible for a city of its size. Over the past three years the city has also been awarded the Government Finance Officers Association’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award. Only about 20 cities and towns in the state of Utah receive this prestigious award each year.

Citing the importance of getting federal spending under control, Mia announced last May that she is again running to represent Utah’s 4th congressional district. At the 2014 Utah Republican Nominating Convention, Mia received over 78 percent of the delegates’ votes to become the Republican nominee in Utah’s 4th congressional district.

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Stephen Takach Shares His Thoughts With Your Thought Matters Readers

STEPHEN TAKACH SHARES HIS THOUGHTS: Why I am the best candidate for U.S. Congress for the 36th Congressional District

by Stephen TakachFor Your Thought Matters Readers

I believe that I am the better choice for this district, because I have lived here for the past 35 years. I understand the concerns of the people in the district because it is my home.

I believe that I am the best choice for this district, because I am not a career politician – I am a concerned citizen.  I never had any intention of running for public office up until the past few years.  I’m a strong believer that knowing a person’s past greatly helps you to understand who they are. 

I spent 13 years in Liberty, which gave me the perspective of real life in small town east Texas. That’s where I graduated from High School, started my first business, and lived during college. After my wife, Holly, and I were married, we made the transition into the more heavily populated area of Harris County. My residency in Baytown exposed me to the ever-present struggles that citizens in our area face.  My personal life experience has allowed me to understand the needs of the people, and they can relate to my story.  I have spent my life doing what most Americans strive to do; raise a family, build a home, and find a way to make ends meet. 

I learned the value of a hard days work as an employee of National Pipe and Tube; I have started and ran two successful businesses, married my sweetheart, and have two beautiful children. I have had the opportunity to live the “American Dream”.  As an accountant, I see that the government has saddled future generations with a mountain of debt and I think that their future is unclear. Each person in this country now owes the Federal Government almost $50,000, due to the accumulated debt. This is not right or fair, and we need to change the course our country is on while we still have time. I believe that the voters understand this as well as I do.

I am pro-life, pro-gun, pro smaller government, pro border security, and pro religious freedom. I have the backbone and viability to let the people’s voice from this district be distinctly heard.  My background as a financial advisor for Edward Jones has given me personal insight into how real people deal with the problems created by the government and the debt crisis. Each day I help my clients create a budget that will help them with their future plans. I believe that this kind of real world, hands on experience is what is needed in Congress today.

AUBREY R. TAYLOR: This comment was provided by Stephen Takach for Your Thought Matters Newspaper readers heading into his 2012 Republican Primary runoff race for United States Congress for the 36th Congressional District.

JAMES CARGAS SHARES HIS THOUGHTS: Why I am the best candidate for U.S. Congress for the 7th Congressional District

by James Cargas
For Your Thought Matters Readers

I am the only challenger to the Tea Party’s Culberson who has previously worked in the U.S. Congress or held any public service positions.  I am also the only life-long Democrat with decades of campaign experience in the July 31st runoff election.  If elected, I will hit the ground running on January 20th serving all people of Texas’ 7th Congressional District.

1. My earliest memory of public service was at age 12, when I served as Democratic page in the Illinois Senate. My uncle was an Illinois Senator from Chicago and I spent the summer with him advancing Democratic principles of fairness, equality and responsibility.  The highlight was coming close to seeing him pass the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.  If elected, I will honor his memory by continuing his efforts to protect women from hostile legislation, education budget cuts, and unequal pay.

2. After college, I worked in the U.S. Congress for Rep. David Bonior (D-MI) as a Deputy Press Secretary.

3. During law school in DC, I served as a law clerk at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and learned the vital importance of affordable and reliable energy to our economy.

4. After law school and a few years in the private sector, I worked in the Clinton White House advancing solar and wind power, sustainable building practices and hybrid vehicles.  Subsequently, I served in his administration at the U.S. Department of Energy under Gov. Bill Richardson.

5. Today, I am the Senior Assistant City Attorney for Energy for Mayor Annise Parker, a position I also was appointed to and held under Mayor Bill White.

6. My campaign experience reaches back to the Dukakis, Clinton, Gore, Edwards and Kerry campaigns.  For Gore 2000, I was a paid staffer traveling across this beautiful nation – and filing tax returns in four states that I lived in.  For Obama in 2008, I was asked to go the critical Columbus, Ohio area.

7. Given the importance of energy to our community, I joined with others to form the Oil Patch Democrats as a means of promoting Democratic energy policy alternatives.  I also serve on the board of Green Door, Inc., a non-profit organization linking under-served communities to opportunities in the Green Economy.

8. My many endorsements can be viewed at: www.jamescargas.com supporters. They include: AFL-CIO, Houston Federation of Teachers, Teamsters, CWA, IBEW, Tejano Democrats, and the Houston Black American Democrats.

9. If elected, I will proudly represent Houston’s Energy Corridor.  I will also work to cancel the Bush tax cuts and return to a balanced budget like Clinton’s.  I will not support the Ryan Budget or any of the shameful cuts to Medicare and Social Security it contains.

AUBREY R. TAYLOR: This comment was provided by James Cargas  for Your Thought Matters Newspaper readers heading into his 2012 Democratic Primary runoff race for United States Congress for the 7th Congressional District of Texas.