Full Name:
John N. Powers
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Ann; 3 Children
Birth Date:
06/08/1948
Birth Place:
Janesville, WI
Home City:
Wittenberg, WI
MA, Elementary Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 1977
BA, American History/Secondary Education, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, 1974
Candidate, Wisconsin Assembly, District 6, 2012
Mediator, State Medical Mediation Panel, 2006-present
Health Unit Coordinator, Saint Clare's Hospital Emergency Department, 2006-present
Educator/Classroom Teacher, Shawano County Schools, 1974-2005
Staff Sergeant, United States Air Force, 1966-1970
Intelligence Operations, United States Air Force, 1966-1970
Former Scout Master, Boy Scouts of America
Lifetime Member, Next of Kin, American Ex-POW Organization
Historian, North China Marines
Former Board Member, Shawano County Rural Health Initiative
Lifetime Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars
Number of Grandchildren:
4
Priority Issues:
*Voting should be encouraged, not made more difficult.
*A non-partisan board must be created to redraw our legislative district boundaries. Both parties have played games with this issue.
*Students should not be punished by debt for attending college or trade schools.
*Wisconsin needs to develop a ten year economic plan by which legislators can guide their budgetary decision making. Planning from
election to election is not good enough.
*Term limits.
*And - I have publicly stated that I will support legislation that limits/bans the use of automatic/semi-automatic weapons and high
capacity magazines. This is another issue on which we need to stop talking and start acting.
Publications:
Author: Bean Camp to Briar Patch-Life in the POW Camps of Korea and Vietnam