A scant three weeks before the May 16 Primary in Pennsylvania and PA-9th incumbent Republican Bill Shuster was looking forward to an easy re-election, with no Democrat in the race. That's when Tony Barr stepped up to the plate.
Tony who?
Exactly, not another career politician looking to change jobs. Not another hack stand-in for special interests.
Tony Barr is a citizen candidate, impelled to subject himself to the electoral process to make things better for all of us -- not just to move a career forward like so many other candidates today.
Tony began a grassroots write-in campaign less than a month before the May 16 Primary Election -- he needed 1,000 write-in votes to qualify for a November ballot slot as the Democratic Party challenger to Shuster. Why, because, "No Republican should get a free pass in 2006". Indeed.
Who is Tony Barr?
Born in 1969 in the suburbs of Chicago, in 1991 he earned a BA in psychology from Washington University in St. Louis. After college, he accepted a position which allowed him to combine two loves -- working with children and the outdoors -- at a wilderness school for adjudicated youth in Ohiopyle, Fayette County, Western Pennsylvania. Driving up the Laurel Mountain from Uniontown, he says that he became attached to the beauty of the area.
After a couple of years working with troubled youth, he traveled to Alaska (on a bicycle no less) and eventually returned to pursue his Master's Degree in education from the California University of Pennsylvania. In 1997 he accepted a teaching position in Everett, Bedford County, which he still holds.
He met his wife, Liz, in Everett and they live on Blue Knob Mountain in Greenfield Township, Blair County, with their two boys, Silas (4) and Zeke (2).
Tony Barr is a teacher, a father, a husband, and a Real Democrat.
For What Does Tony Barr Stand?
His stated priorities:
Well, the DSCC provides some helpful facts about Bill Shuster and how tied up Rep. Shuster is with the GOP Culture of Corruption...
Tony Barr needs volunteers. If you live in Western Pennsylvania, contact the Campaign and offer your help. The rest of you, put yer money where your pie hole is. You say you want to take back the House? You say you want more true Democrats in Washington? You say you want representatives who care more about fighting for what is good for America, for what helps the people, rather than for what is good for the corporate PACs that run everything else?
Well, if wishes were horses . . . . but they ain't. Open up them wallets and give something to Tony so we can take back Pennsylvania's 9th in 2006!
Tony who?
Exactly, not another career politician looking to change jobs. Not another hack stand-in for special interests.
Tony Barr is a citizen candidate, impelled to subject himself to the electoral process to make things better for all of us -- not just to move a career forward like so many other candidates today.
Tony began a grassroots write-in campaign less than a month before the May 16 Primary Election -- he needed 1,000 write-in votes to qualify for a November ballot slot as the Democratic Party challenger to Shuster. Why, because, "No Republican should get a free pass in 2006". Indeed.
Who is Tony Barr?
Born in 1969 in the suburbs of Chicago, in 1991 he earned a BA in psychology from Washington University in St. Louis. After college, he accepted a position which allowed him to combine two loves -- working with children and the outdoors -- at a wilderness school for adjudicated youth in Ohiopyle, Fayette County, Western Pennsylvania. Driving up the Laurel Mountain from Uniontown, he says that he became attached to the beauty of the area.
After a couple of years working with troubled youth, he traveled to Alaska (on a bicycle no less) and eventually returned to pursue his Master's Degree in education from the California University of Pennsylvania. In 1997 he accepted a teaching position in Everett, Bedford County, which he still holds.
He met his wife, Liz, in Everett and they live on Blue Knob Mountain in Greenfield Township, Blair County, with their two boys, Silas (4) and Zeke (2).
Tony Barr is a teacher, a father, a husband, and a Real Democrat.
For What Does Tony Barr Stand?
His stated priorities:
- Balance the budget and end irresponsible tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.
- End the brain and labor drain and create solid American jobs that pay a living wage.
- Ensure adequate healthcare for all Americans.
- Bring an end the war in Iraq, and take effective steps to secure our homeland.
- Make solid and meaningful investments in our countryÂ’s future: the education of our youth.
- Offer opportunities for affordable higher education to all Americans.
- Develop a real plan for energy independence and sustainability.
- Maintain equal civil rights and protect privacy for all citizens.
- Reform campaign financing and return our government to the people.
Well, the DSCC provides some helpful facts about Bill Shuster and how tied up Rep. Shuster is with the GOP Culture of Corruption...
Representative Shuster has a very cozy relationship with the GOP Leadership.What You Can Do.
* Shuster received $19,000 from House Majority Leader John Boehner's "Freedom Project" PAC.
* Shuster received $19,300 from GOP Whip Roy Blunt's "Rely on Your Beliefs" PAC.
* Shuster voted with President Bush 87% of the time.
* Shuster voted the GOP party line 97% of the time.
How tied up is Representative Shuster with the Tom DeLay/Jack Abramoff scandal? Shuster has taken:
* $15,000 from Tom DeLay's ARMPAC.
* $7,000 from Bob Ney, the first congressman to be implicated based on the Jack Abramoff guilty plea.
With all of these ties to the DeLay/Abramoff mess, is it any surprise that Shuster has:
* Voted to weaken House ethics rules when DeLay proposed doing so as GOP Majority Leader.
* Voted with Tom DeLay 94% of the time.
Is Representative Shuster serving Pennsylvania voters, or the Republican money machine?
Tony Barr needs volunteers. If you live in Western Pennsylvania, contact the Campaign and offer your help. The rest of you, put yer money where your pie hole is. You say you want to take back the House? You say you want more true Democrats in Washington? You say you want representatives who care more about fighting for what is good for America, for what helps the people, rather than for what is good for the corporate PACs that run everything else?
Well, if wishes were horses . . . . but they ain't. Open up them wallets and give something to Tony so we can take back Pennsylvania's 9th in 2006!
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