Bringing The District Out Of The Hood
Posted on July 15, 2008 at 7:20 amThe Daily News Journal reports on the Republican attempting to bring the 48th state House seat home for their party:
Joe Carr, Jon Jaques and Lou Ann Zelenik are vying to steal Hood’s seat away from the Democrats.
Carr, 50, of Lascassas handles the business and sales side of a conservation engineering training company. He ran against Hood in 2006.
“If the governor can fund a $20 million bunker at the governor’s mansion, then we can find $90 million for the MTSU science building,” Carr said.
He also said he supports term limits in the legislature, saying “12 to 16 years is plenty.”
Jaques, 44, of Murfreesboro said he will put his 17 years of experience as a certified public accountant and financial advisor to work, if elected.
“I am dealing with people who have lost health insurance and have had their identity stolen; people who are losing their jobs, people who are struggling to decide if the pay for gas, food or medicine,” he said. “Right now I am working with 20 different families who are trying to save their house from foreclosure.”
Zelenik moved to Murfreesboro 22 years ago when she bought an engineering construction business. She is concerned about wise spending by the legislature.
She criticized money being spent on the governor’s mansion, “including an underground party room which is not a necessity,” while “MTSU needs a new science building.”
“I think it is important that anyone running for office represent the people they earn the vote from,” she said. “I’ve been a small business owner. I know the taxes I had to pay.”
