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CHUCK STIRES
NC SENATE
Stires for Senate
PO Box 1157
Youngsville, NC 27596
Website: www.stiresforsenate.com
E-mail: contact@stiresforsenate.com
Phone: 919-522-1039
Chuck
Stires:
contact@stiresforsenate.com : 919-522-0139
Mike
Wilburt:
mwilburt@aol.com : 252-586-2741
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Chuck
Stires Announces Candidacy
For Senate District 7
Youngsville, NC; March 3, 2006:
Franklin County
businessman Chuck Stires announced his candidacy to become the State Senator
from NC District Seven.
"We cannot allow another two years go by without a voice in Raleigh speaking on
behalf of the people of this district," said Chuck Stires, Republican candidate
for the North Carolina Senate representing Vance, Granville, Warren and
Franklin Counties. "Our elected voice in Raleigh refused to protect our citizens
from crippling tax increases and failed to speak out on critical issues
important to our families and communities. The citizens of our district deserve
better."
"The lack of economic and job growth hits our district particularly hard,"
Stires continued. "With the full support of our current state senator, the
budgets from the last two years have produced $1.5 billion in new taxes and fees
to be imposed on our citizens at EVERY income level. Huge increases in taxes and
spending are not the kind of help the hard working families of this district
were looking for," Stires went on, "but that's what they got."
"I am a business owner. I know what it's like to meet a payroll. I know, first
hand, how the high costs of taxes, fees and regulation impact a company's
ability to grow and provide more jobs and higher wages. Unfortunately, over the
last two years, North Carolina has continued to be the highest priced state to
operate a business in the southeast. We must be more competitive."
Chuck Stires has been married for 40 years. He's the father of three children
and is an elder in his church. "I see the family as a major strength in our
society and believe the world is losing its understanding of the purpose of
traditional marriage and the value of children," Stires said. "Polls
consistently show that 70% of North Carolinians want traditional family values
fully protected. Yet our current senator and the Democrats in control continue
to refuse to bring the Defense of Marriage Amendment to the senate floor for a
vote. I will vigorously defend traditional marriage by working to unite my
colleagues from both parties to pass the Defense of Marriage Constitutional
Amendment."
"For the last two years there has been no voice from our district fighting in
Raleigh to improve student performance and ensure every student has a full range
of educational opportunities. I will work tirelessly toward ensuring our schools
provide our students with the education and training necessary to fill the wide
variety of job opportunities that will open from my leadership in bringing
economic growth to our district. No option should be off limits for discussion.
Our goal is simple; provide a safe, high-quality learning environment for our
children, and a productive, satisfying teaching environment for our educators."
"We cannot allow another two years to be squandered." Senate Candidate Stires
continued. “I will commit to working toward bringing state spending back under
control and return the "trust" in our state trust funds. I will seek every
opportunity to reduce or repeal the level of taxation to lessen the burden on
our families and improve the economic climate for growth in our state."
"After suffering the years of local corruption and scandal, and two years of
inaction by our current senator, the citizens of Franklin, Granville, Vance
and Warren Counties cannot allow another two years to be squandered from the
lack of a voice, the lack of experience, and the lack of leadership on their
behalf. I will provide that voice, that experience, and that leadership in the
North Carolina Senate."
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