What is up with all the mud slinging?

Don't you just love the way this election is playing out? No? This is truly a mind boggling year, if you want to hear candidates talk about what they care about and what they intend to do to correct the serious problems facing Arizona and America. They just seem to be pointing out supposed (and usually wrong) flaws in the opponent and then skirting the issues. I am not and will not avoid the issues; I know exactly what needs to be done and pledge to get that accomplished!

We must stop wasteful spending and get Arizona back on her feet, I will promote and support responsible cuts to business taxes and regulations, allowing more people to start businesses (large and small) and more new corporations to join the Arizona Team! New jobs created, and new and returning individual taxpayers - will bring in more revenue than the "breaks" we gave to the businesses.

• Arizona Agencies/Departments/Programs need to be audited carefully for waste and neccesity. Some may need to be closed, if their purpose and mission is duplicated by another agency.
• Once AZ is living within our budget (as each of us must do at home), the excess revenues from this can be put into the private business sector to grow jobs that will hire all of our ex-state employees.
• If an agency is using funding for excess administration, benefits, or remodelling jobs - this needs to be stopped, even if it is public school. In that case, the money needs to be carefully monitored until it is safely in the classroom where it belongs.

Illegal Immigration must be stopped. In order to stop abuse, death in the desert, rape and destruction of property and even murders, we need to stop the illegals (of all nationalities) who are crossing our southern AZ border. I will work tirelessly to see that the following (and more) is put into play:

• The fence must be completed and guarded by sufficient Border Patrol and National Guard if needed. They need to have the authority to detain, deport and use their weapons if needed for their own safety and to be effective in their task.
• If illegals were all stopped at the border, check stations would become obselete and could be cleaned up and moved out and allow for the return of freedom and privacy for AZ citizens.
• Key to success of this is to STOP providing free education, medical, food and shelter to these poor folks that make it across the border. Cut them off of the free handouts and let them go back home, if that works better for them - or let them get a job and work for what they recieve, and pay their medical bills, a little every month, like American Citizens do.
• Require that parents pay taxes and have proof of such before you enroll kids in public school. Require verified citizenship or work visa (at least) papers before Medicaid and Foodstamps are given out also.
• Hospitals stop bleeding or other life threatening conditions and when stable, send them home-to Mexico if that is where their "home" is, do not treat just anything in the emergency room.

Poetry: I almost forgot how much I loved writing poems!

This Country of Great and United States
Of which Arizona is one

Has brought hearts and souls from lands afar
Seeking freedom, hard fought for and Won!

Arizona has drawn the adventurous type:
The miners, the cowboys, the brave!

Lifted on shoulders of these great ones passed,
We must stand ready to match what they gave.

Our devotion, dedication and love for this state
Plus an allegiance to the Red, White and Blue

Will sustain us as we face tough choices ahead;
Working tirelessly till Arizona is shiny and new.

Then, when it’s scrubbed clean and safe and sound
In the majestic sunrise we’ll all stand
And we will move forward together restoring- Honor, Dignity and Glory, Under God to the
Brightest and Most Beautiful Star in the Land.

Dedicated to the citizens of this Great State of Arizona, I honor you and thank you for your kind support! Peggy Judd

Endorsements

Endorsements: Part of this game I haven't quite gotten the hang of.
However there are some that I am really proud of:
Arizona Farm Bureau
The Arizona Police Association
Tucson TEA Party Patriots
Senator Russell Pearce says that David Stevens and Peggy Judd are great Americans who we desperatly need in the House.
Douglas TEA Party
Arizona Citizens Defense League
Home Builders Association of Central Arizona
Arizona Certified Public Accountants

Peggy Judd for Arizona House in LD 25

"What I CARE About"

Children: The current spending by the United States Government is passing debt on to our children and grandchildren that they will never be able to repay AND Our public schools are not providing a challenging, rewarding or effective education as they struggle to juggle an unheard of number of children of illegals on their limited tax dollars (none coming from the illegal immigrant parents).

Access: to Medical Care, Education and Food needs to be provided to all deserving individuals with loving concern and fairness, especially in this difficult time and it needs to be curtailed to patrons who are abusing the system. Drug testing needs to be implemented in the case of welfare recipients and illegal immigrants should not be receiving any form of free assistance, except a ride back across the border, deep into Mexico.

Reject Reform: Health care Reform is bad news, and will break the state and ruin the health care industry. Don't ask me how because no-one can truly give you the answer (we "had to pass it to find out what was in it!") It is very bad timing for Immigration Reform with the borders so open and the gangs and drug cartels running rampant in our streets. First - Close the borders, Second - Enforce the law and remove ALL illegals who do not have proper papers to be here, and Third - Streamline the process by which Immigrants can come to Arizona legally to work or to shop and play (but make sure this process includes a check in via thumbprint or other means at the end of their allotted time). For instance, If a bus of properly documented visitors come from Mexico, through a border checkpoint, they should have to register each of the passengers and upon return to Mexico, the bus would need to contain each and every passenger who entered the country on its watch. (When I take a tour bus to a destination - I always return home.) We should expect no less from these tour companies.

Environment and Energy: This is a beautiful state, country and world! I remember years ago when people were littering the highways, public service announcements, with a crying Indian chief, cleared up the problem. We know what is best for our own property, we want to take care of our own and will as long as we have the freedom to do so. Property rights are key and over-regulation even for businesses will not protect our environment. People will always be first in environment issues, because we have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Maybe a reminder is necessary but not another regulation, PLEASE!And man made global warming is a hoax, devised to make a lot of money for some key players in the farce. The world is not going to overheat for another 10 million years and when in does, it will not be our fault. I will fight for the use of fossil fuels from America, which are abundant and will put more of us to work. While it is good to look into alternatives; huge investments in getting them on the grid are just unreasonable in these tough economic times.

I was asked by Tucson Metropolitan Chamber or Commerce this week: What bills are you prepared to introduce if elected?

1) Education Kiosks in DES offices, with course material that must be passed: outlining proper, personal healthcare, first aid, when doctor/hospital visits are appropriate and when they are not. Along with a commitment by the applicant to conserve and use wisely the ACCCHS funds, understanding that they are not unlimited and they are temporary. ACCCHS application will not be accepted without the certificate printed on completion of this course.

2) Education Kiosks in DES offices, with course material that must be passed: Teaching proper nutrition storage and use of foods, including leftovers and not letting food spoil or go to waste. Along with this an education course on how to choose foods that are good and easy to prepare, without having to buy the expensive prepared dinners. And requiring a commitment by the applicant to conserve and use wisely the Foodstamp funds, understanding that they will not be buying candy, soda’s, and expensive specialty or prepared foods. They will be taught food stamp funds are not unlimited and they are temporary. Food assistance application will not be accepted without the certificate printed on completion of this course.

3) Implement a program to sell savings bonds for Arizona, to benefit a specific program or the state in general.

4) A measure to stop illegals from being able to apply for and receive welfare money for medical, housing and food.

5) An act to appeal to FEMA to compare the new FEMA computer generated maps to the original soil conservation survey maps and correct the gross imperfections and errors that were made during the computer generation of computer data flood zone maps throughout Arizona.

6) An appeal to allow property owners to be heard, and have enacted a protection against property valuations and subsequently taxes being raised to impractical levels based on land fraud in their area rather than reliable and prudent sales data.

7) A requirement for schools to balance the number of English Language learners in all classrooms equally with English speaking students. Clarification: In an effort not to segregate, in schools locally, I have witnessed that there will be a few rooms with almost no Spanish speaking students and then a room or two that are all Spanish speaking except for a few unfortunate (token) English speakers. This is a tragedy for those few students for obvious reasons.

8) Require the Federal Govt. reduce the number of border patrol on the streets and highways, 50 to 100 miles from the border and put them on the border fence… stationed 50 to 100 feet apart. A constant patrol on the border fence, 24 hours a day will stop the crossings and there will be little need for the BP on the interior.

Of course there are many more... ran out of room on the page.
I want to introduce bills that YOU need. Please share any ideas with me: Call 520 507-1735
or email me: judd4house@gmail.com

Almost Primary Election Day!

I don't have a Primary, you will see... Please select 2 and there are only 2: David Stevens and Myself. But I would like it if you voted for me. The votes will count and the numbers will show up! This is a very important Primary in CD 8 and the state as a whole. I am having a very hard time deciding who to vote for in a few of the Republican Races on Tuesday, but some are easy... Corporation Commission: Peirce and Burns
Governor: Jan Brewer (Buz is still on the Ballot)
Senate - LD 25: Gail Griffin (Just in case Craig is still showing up)
House - LD 25: David Stevens and Peggy Judd
Attorney General: Tom Horne
I reserve the right to change my mind, before Tuesday... but today:
CD 8 - House: Jonathan Paton
CD 8 - Senate: JD Hayworth
I know some of you want to strangle me for choosing those two, but I have a list of positives and negatives of all candidates in both of these races and this is the result. I know we have to have conservatives in Washington. I think these are our best choices, But let the best man win of course.
Cochise County - Clerk of the Superior Court: Mary Ellen Dunlap
Superior Court Judge: Roger Contreras

May God Bless our nation and these people we elect!
They need to win on November 2 and work to protect our rights and save our country.
It can be done and I am honored to be part of the solution!
Each of you, as you go to the polls will be part of the solution too!
Thanks for your efforts and your votes!!!