Go Mabbutt

I am totally excited for this year's coming election. I will be watching the presidental results on November 4th (of course)but I also look forward to watching my step dad's campaign results. Team Mabbutt has been working District 12 very hard and I hope we will see the fruits of their labors pay off. They have been walking the district for several month's now. Some days they were out there walking in 100 degress temperatures. They are registering people to vote daily. Their weekly averages were in the 30+ per week this summer. I am so proud of their work and I feel with the Statesman endorsing him again this year it is a step in the right direction. Read the following clipping from the newspaper to find out more about the endorsement. At the bottom of the page I have also included a link to find out more about Richard Mabbutt you can visit his webpage.


OUR VIEW ENDORSEMENTS, DISTRICT 12
- Idaho Statesman
Edition Date: 10/07/08

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

WHO'S RUNNING?
Candidates in the Nampa area's legislative District 12:
Senate
Curt McKenzie, R-Nampa (incumbent, unopposed).
House Seat A
Richard Mabbutt, D-Nampa; Robert Schaefer, R-Nampa (incumbent).
House Seat B
Gary Collins, R-Nampa (incumbent); Sunny Freeman, D-Nampa.
Voters in the Nampa area's District 12 are entitled to feel a sense of deja vu.
Both House races are replays, with Democratic challengers taking another run at GOP incumbents.
We will stick with the endorsements we made two years ago, choosing eight-year Rep. Gary Collins and Democrat Richard Mabbutt in the other House race.
RICHARD MABBUTT
Mabbutt has the right spending priorities for an economic downturn: Invest in economic development and higher education (but not a costly medical school); look for ways to break the pattern of "warehousing" prisoners; and look for ways to address unmet transportation needs. "The costs are substantial; the costs of standing still are even greater."
We also applaud Mabbutt's candor on an air quality issue that affects the entire Treasure Valley. He says, correctly, that some Canyon County residents are in "denial" about the scope of the problem.
By comparison, Mabbutt's opponent says little and seems to campaign even less. Robert Schaefer, a 24-year veteran, appears to be coasting at the Statehouse. He chairs the Commerce and Human Resources Committee and sits on Revenue and Taxation, but has little to show for these assignments. Schaefer again declined to meet with the editorial board this fall and has refused to answer most of the Statesman's voter guide questions.
Nampa-area voters would be much better served by a newcomer who is actually engaged in the issues.
"Our View" is the editorial position of the Idaho Statesman. It is an unsigned opinion expressing the consensus of the Statesman's editorial board. To comment on an editorial or suggest a topic, e-mail editorial@idahostatesman.com.

For more information check out his website: http://www.mabbuttforidaho.com/