Oakley 10/28/2010 Speech

There was a candidates forum in Oakley on Thursday evening with was well conducted and well attended. It is heartening to see people get involved in local politics, particularly the younger people. Thank you Oakley, Pat Cone, and all for putting this on.

The following is my prepared remarks from that event. I was under the impression that a strict 3-minute time frame was going to be followed so I prepared my remarks.

They are as follows:

I AM GARY SHUMWAY, A HUSBAND, FATHER, AND GRANDFATHER. I HAVE THREE MASTER DEGREES INCLUDING AN MBA. I AM A SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER AND A CONTRACT COMPUTER PROGRAMMER.

MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED IN SUMMIT COUNTY FOR OVER 8 YEARS, FIRST IN JEREMY RANCH AND NOW IN MARION.
MY GGG CHARLES SHUMWAY WAS AMONG THE FIRST PIONEERS IN THIS AREA, THUS MY UTAH ROOTS ARE DEEP.

I AM CAMPAIGNING FOR SUMMIT COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE CONSTITUTION PARTY TICKET AGAINST A DEMOCRAT OPPONENT – THERE IS NO REPUBLICAN IN THE RACE.

THE CONSTITUTION PARTY PLATFORM IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM, SO WHEN YOU SEE THE ‘C’ AFTER MY NAME, THINK ‘COUSIN’.

I HAVE ATTENDED ALL THE WEEKLY COUNTY COUNCIL MEETINGS SINCE JUNE.

I HAVE TOTALLY SELF FUNDED MY CAMPAIGN AND WILL END UP SPENDING CLOSE TO $18,000 WHILE MY OPPONENT HAS, AS OF LAST REPORT, SPENT LESS THEN $200 – I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT HE IS TAKING YOUR VOTES FOR GRANTED.

YET, I AM A SERIOUS CANDIDATE AND I AM NO STRANGER TO SUMMIT COUNTY POLITICS. THE MAJORITY OF THE MAYORS IN THE COUNTY ARE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT MY CAMPAIGN.

I AM SPENDING THE TIME AND MONEY RUNNING FOR SUMMIT COUNTY COUNCIL BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE ALL HAVE A CIVIC DUTY TO TRY TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITIES AND I BELIEVE OUR COUNTY COUNCIL HAS LOST ITS WAY.

I SAY IT HAS LOST IT’S WAY DUE TO:

A 15% INCREASE IN THE PAST 2 YEARS IN THE GENERAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT EXPENSES

WE HAVE A $1.6 MILLION DEFICT AND A 40% INCREASE IN LONG TERM DEBT

THE STATE IS CONDUCTING A FULL SCALE LEGISLATIVE AUDIT
AND THE LIST GOES ON…

LIKE MOST PROGRESSIVES ACROSS THE COUNTRY MY OPPONENT IS RUNNING FROM HIS RECORD.

AFTER ALMOST 2 YEARS OF APPROVING BUDGETS AND SPENDING OUR MONEY HE CLAIMS TO NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COUNCIL’S FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY. HE WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE ITS ONLY BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMY.

MY OPPONENT HAS STATED THAT THE COUNCIL IS CONSERVATIVE. YET WITH FOUR PROGRESSIVES, THE COUNCIL’S UNCONTROLLED SPENDING, AND THE PROMOTING OF UNITED NATION PROGRAMS WHICH FLY IN THE FACE OF OUR FOURTH AMENDMENT, IT IS OBVIOUS THE COUNCIL IS NOT CONSERVATIVE.

MY OPPONENT SAYS THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS GET ALONG WELL AND DO NOT NEED ‘NAYSAYERS’ LIKE MYSELF TO ‘JUST STIR THINGS UP’. WELL, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IS IT REALLY THAT GREAT THAT THEY GET ALONG SO WELL AND WITH OUR FINANCIAL, LEGAL, AND POLITICAL PROBLEMS, I WOULD ASK, WHERE ARE THEY TAKING US AND OUR COUNTY?!

MY OPPONENT WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE THAT VOTING FOR ME WILL CAUSE THE WEBER RIVER TO TURN TO BLOOD, BRING MAYHEM, LOCUSTS , AND OTHER PLAUGES OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS TO SUMMIT COUNTY.

INSTEAD OF BRINGING PLAGUES, IF ELECTED, I WILL BRING A VOTE OF FISCAL RESTRAINT TO THE SUMMIT COUNTY COUNCIL. I WILL VOTE FOR A MORE OPEN AND LIMITED GOVERNMENT. I CHAMPION PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS AND FREE ENTERPRISE WITH DEVELOPMENT PREDICATED UPON RESOURCES.

SEE MY WEB SITE, VOTESHUMWAY.ORG TO LEARN MORE.
I AM NOT ASKING YOU TO CHANGE PARTIES, JUST YOUR VOTE FOR A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE AND A CHAMPION OF LIMITED GOVERNMENT.

VOTE, GARY SHUMWAY, FOR YOUR VOICE AND VOTE ON THE SUMMIT COUNTY COUNCIL, SEAT ‘D’.