Biographical Profile for John Swapp
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General: (political statement of goals, objectives, views, philosophies)
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I am running for the Washington State House of Representatives; second seat of the 40th District.
Recently I've been seeing indications of very troubled times. I'm seeing more and more camp trailers and motor homes parked next to someone's house with power cables leading to them. These are lit up at night and it's clear that someone has lost their home and is now living in the yard of family or friends. My wife counted 20 within a 10 minute drive near Sedro-Woolley. More people I talk to now are gardening and even raising chickens in their back yards. I saw, in March, a realty sign in Mt. Vernon advertising "rooms for rent". Not houses or apartments, but rooms. These things show me that people are suffering from economic problems that we haven't seen in this country for generations and that they aren't trusting government to solve the problems.
In fact, our unresponsive, Democrat-controlled government has failed us through years of over-taxation, over-spending and over-promising while the economic crisis has deepened and many core businesses in our local economy have faded, failed or moved away. The burden of taxes and regulations in the State of Washington has been gradually stifling the business community that would normally be employing those people living in camp trailers.
In the world of small business when difficult times come along, we cut costs, sometimes making drastic cuts. Many small businesses have had to reduce staff, curtail new equipment purchases, and most owners have reduced their own salaries.
While these are very difficult times, we don't have any problems we can't solve if we put people into office that have experience solving problems in the world outside of politics.
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Personal: (gender, age, marital status, spouse's name and age, children's name and
ages, home town, current residence)
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I am a native of Anacortes and a graduate of Anacortes High School.
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Education: (times and places of schools, colleges, major, degrees, activities, sports)
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I am a graduate of Skagit Valley College and Western Washington University.
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Profession: (profession and work experience outside politics)
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I have hands-on experience in creating jobs in a startup high-tech manufacturing business and maintaining a payroll through 13 years of operation.
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Military: (branch, years of service, active duty experience, highest rank, medals,
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Civic: (past and present organizations, charities involvement)
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Political: (dates and titles of previously held political offices)
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Religion: (current and past religious affiliations, beliefs)
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