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Joe's Press Secretary is Working Overtime

bfealk@wideopenwest.com — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 05:49:19 PST

Joe Knollenberg against Universal Health Care and Higher Gas Mileage

Hawaii Joe Knollenberg’s press secretary is certainly working overtime these days. I hope Joe is compensating him or her by the number of articles appearing in the local papers these days. But quantity does not equal quality. Knollenberg is still the same backward thinking Congressman he was when he was lazily spending time in Congress saying nothing and only appearing in print when it was election time. So let me address two of Knollenberg’s big initiatives, his $200 tax credit for health care education in the workplace and his vocal opposition to higher gas mileage requirements for the Big 3.

Knollenberg’s proposal does nothing to address the 46 million Americans that have no health care coverage. In a recent poll, 80% of Americans said they are willing to pay more taxes if they could have a health care plan that covered all Americans. You read that right, 80%, so that surely includes a majority of Knollenberg’s constituents, even the Republican ones. Half of those polled said they’d be willing to pay $500 more in taxes to have universal coverage. I’d say that is overwhelming support for an idea whose time has come. Joe even voted against giving the government the ability to negotiate for lower drug prices on behalf of seniors. Another big giveaway to the drug company lobbyists that have Joe in their hip pocket.

Another Knollenberg policy cornerstone is opposing higher gas mileage standards for automobiles. Joe says, alternative fuels, yes. Higher gas mileage standards, no. Again, Joe is out of touch with his constituents. A recent survey in the Detroit Free Press says that 67% of those polled would pay at least $500 and as much as $2000 for cars that get higher mileage. I wonder if the Big 3 could increase sales and profits if their cars were able to get 40 mpg instead of the mandated 27 mpg. I also wonder if higher mileage would mean more jobs for Michigan autoworkers. Just wondering.

So, all I ask is that you not be fooled by the fact that Joe Knollenberg is getting his name and face in your local newspapers frequently. Do your civic duty as a voter and read about his voting record and his past performance. A good place to find out more about Joe Knollenberg is at www.votenoonjoe.blogspot.com . We need more innovative representation for Michigan’s 9^th Congressional district. Let’s elect someone in 2008 that listens to us, instead of Joe Knollenberg, who keeps his office door locked and guarded from his constituents.

Joe Votes to Send More Soldiers to Their Deaths

bfealk@wideopenwest.com — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 05:13:03 PST

Joe continues to ignore the wishes of his constituents. Yesterday, 3/23/07, Joe voted against a bill designed to set a deadline on the U.S involvement in Iraq of September 2008. Even though Joe says mistakes have been made in Iraq, he wants to continue the insane policy of President Bush.

I don't know about you, but it sounds like Joe is insane too. Even though all the Joint Chiefs of Staff say that sending more troops to Iraq is a mistake, and Joe's constituents are not in favor of the escalation of the war, Joe ignores everyone.

Sounds to me like Joe needs a rude awakening in 2008 and we need to send him back to Michigan permanently where he and his wife Sandi can retire and his constituents can sleep at night knowing Joe isn't making any more mistakes on behalf of voters.

Survey Shows Joe is Wrong on Mileage Standards

bfealk@wideopenwest.com — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:53:19 PST

The Detroit Free Press has a survey in today's their 3/20/2007 edition that shows that 67% of those surveyed would pay at least $500 and up to $2000 for a vehicle that gets better mileage. Looks like Joe wasted his money on that $10,000 billboard attacking Arnold Schwarzenegger, of all people, for calling for higher mileage standards. You can read the article here.

Joe is picking the wrong fight on CAFE Standards

bfealk@wideopenwest.com — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 21:40:33 PST

Joe Knollenberg just can't shoot straight. Now he's aiming at the governor of California, instead of where the criticism belongs, with the Big 3, for not building cars that get better mileage in the first place. The Union for Concerned Scientists estimates that requiring better mileage cars would create over 200.000 jobs and might actually help the Big 3 regain some market share they've lost to the Japanese and other foreign manufacturers. It's interesting to note that Joe was a pretty quiet and hard to find Congressman until he was threatened in the last election and only won re-election by 5%.

Oakland County to Joe Knollenberg, Drop Dead!