Why are You Running?

Early this year I was reading the paper and I happened to be reading an article about a bill that would require insurance companies to provide individual-market plans that include maternity and contraception coverage. I was in favor of the bill, my elected Senator voted against it, nevertheless it passed. That wasn't the part that caught my attention. It was the quote from my elected official in the paper.

"Why should the Harvey household have to pay for your mandate? If you want to pay for that care for other people, you pay for it. I don’t need to pay for it.”

It made me think, I don't want someone who views a community that way representing me. An elected official needs to be able to view issues from outside their own perspective.

I don't own a small business, but I can easily understand the stress that comes along with that measure of responsibility. I don't have kids, but I see the value in educating youth. I don't have a pre-existing condition, but I see the value in mandating insurance companies offer coverage to people who have survived breast cancer.

That is why I am running . . . because I want to represent YOU.