This speech is five minutes, but I had to cut it down to three for the BBQ festival. I wanted to post the original , extended dance version, so here you go!
Thanks to the BBQ festival planning committee for allowing the candidates this opportunity to speak.
I am Dr. Carol Meza, and I'm running for Daviess County Commissioner for the East Division.
I was born in Tennessee, went to college in Arkansas, and Medical School in Maryland, just outside of DC.
I was a Navy flight surgeon and proudly wore the Navy uniform for 12 years.
I've lived from the east coast to the west coast, but my family and I chose Philpot to be our home.
My husband works for Owensboro Anesthesia Services as an anesthesiologist.
I took a break from medicine after moving to Kentucky to raise my daughter, Sophia. The next year, I had a very premature baby, Clarissa, who was not even two pounds when she was born.
I'm not sure where to mention my Lord, Jesus Christ, because His grace is my strength and an integral part of my life.
I'm not a politician, but strive to have a servant's heart. I think that is why I felt compelled to participate.
We the people have not been heard for a while now, and the only way to change that is for the people to step up and put our names on the ballot.
It only takes a few seconds to collapse a building like the Big E, but years to create it. Will you have the courage, the virtue, to do what is necessary to build up what is being destroyed by neglect, to restore our liberties?
I believe in the power of the individual and by using our talents together we will be able to build a great and prosperous future. So, in 2010 do we restore the Republic and it's potential for prosperity, or do we do nothing and let it fall like Rome?
As the Pledge of Allegiance reminds us, we are a Republic, not a Democracy. Democracies are mob rule, changing with the whims of man.
But America is a representative Republic. That means we are ruled by law, a law that protects everyone equally. That law is the Constitution. This law doesn't change and is predictable so you can be free to plan your future. Free to prosper, free to try, and free to fail, and free to try again.
In a civil society, laws exist to protect the freedoms and property of the people, not to redistribute the wealth by giving you everything you think the universe owes you. As Thomas Jefferson once said, "A government that is big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have." Exchanging liberty for security seems humane at first, but it will only lead to slavery which is the loss of freedom.
Elections have consequences.
Recently we have witnessed the government work against capitalism with the take over of most of the auto industry, the bank industry, bailouts for Freddie Mac and Fannie May, AIG, and now Greece via the International Monetary Fund! In addition, 1/6 of our GDP is now controlled by the ill-conceived government health care plan. Our national debt is 12.9 Trillion and is mostly owned by communist China. We are bankrupt as a nation. And don't forget the unemployment rate rose this week to 9.9%. Energy prices are going to skyrocket with cap and tax, and then the VAT tax will be sure to transform America into socialist Europe.
Elections have consequences.
Here in Owensboro the establishment wants to spend public money on a downtown project that has no end in sight and no return on investment. "If you build it, they will come" is magical thinking and in this recession without end and with the DOW dropping an unprecedented thousand points on May 6th, it is irresponsible thinking.
We need fiscal conservatives like myself who are willing to prepare for the worst and hope for the best, who will entice business, not deter them with endless red tape and hidden fees. We need to allow the people to be involved in the solutions.
My vision is for Daviess County to have excellent communication between the citizens and their public servants.
My vision is to create real and lasting jobs, not tax payer funded jobs.
My vision is to increase the wealth of every person by cutting taxes and spending.
We will prioritize spending, starting first with the police and fire departments.
My vision is for you to be free.
I can't make this happen without you. You are the key to the success of this community. My ideas are on my website www.carolmezain2010.com and I want to hear what your ideas are. Call me with respect at 315-3591.
I need your vote for Carol Meza on May 18th and Nov 2nd. Let's take America Back one office at a time!
Elections have consequences.
