Candidate, United States House of Representatives, New York, District 21, 2016

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 21, 2014

Committee Member, New York State Green Party, 2003-2009

Committee Member, United States Green Party, 2004-2007

No caucus information on file.

Owner/ Operator, Rock Hill Bakehouse Café, 2002-present

Owner/Baker, Rock Hill Bakehouse, 1992-present

Board Member, Glens Falls Food Co-Operative, 2012-present

Board Member, Art In The Public Eye, 2010-present

Current Car:

2013 Ford Focus

Father's Occupation:

Journalist/ Union Leader/Activist/ Engaged Citizen

Favorite Athlete:

Pat Tillman/Muhammed Ali

Favorite Author:

Russell Banks/Jon Krakauer/Norman Mailer/Kurt Vonnegut

Favorite Book:

Ishmael, Mad Sheep, The Naked and the Dead, Into the Wild, Where Men Win Glory, People of the Deer, Another Roadside Attraction, Breakfast of Champions, The Darling, Young Men and Fire and so many others

Ishmael (Daniel Quinn)

Favorite Color:

Forest Green

Favorite Food:

Vegan Lasagna

Favorite Movie:

The Corporation/Harold and Maude/Pan's Labyrinth (hundreds of favorites). I LOVE a good film.

Favorite Musician:

Tragically Hip, Beatles, Rage Against the Machine, Pearl Jam, Fiona Apple

Gordon Downie (Tragically Hip)

Favorite President and Why:

Thomas Jefferson - I find it illuminating that he was a slave owner who wrote against slavery. My motto is "embrace the hypocrisy". The world would be a far different place if I ran it but I don't and I am forced, just like you, to do the best I can with the cards I am dealt.

Favorite Quote:

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. (George Bernard Shaw)

Favorite TV Shows:

I do not watch much TV at all (maybe two or three documentaries a month) but when I watched a lot more, I was partial to Monty Python's Flying Circus and Kid in the Hall.

Favorite Vacation Spot:

I really don't take many vacations but when I have a waterfall and good biking roads/trails are the most important ingredients.

First Car:

1982 White Buick Skyhawk left to me by my grandmother.

First Job:

Butcher's Apprentice (I am now a vegan, if that tells you anything about the experience).

Hobbies or Special Talents:

hockey, bicycling, motorcycles, love, food, social justice, reading

Mother's Occupation:

Media Analyst/Copy Editor/Awesome Mom

Name one thing you would most like to do before you die:

Get elected to congress and represent the working class.

Personal Hero and Why:

Ralph Nader. The most principled man in America. The DNC and it's insidious spoiler propaganda is a lie. The Democrats and the corporate media have wronged one of the greatest men to live in our time and they need to be made to answer for it. Ten MILLION Democrats voted for George Bush in 2000 and they scapegoated Nader and the Greens over 565 votes ion Florida. This is perhaps the thing that has most radicalized me. No war party owns my vote or yours and to suggest they do and to allow them to get away with this scurrilous and disingenuous and bitter and mathematically-challenged "spoiler" nonsense is a primary focus of mine. We all have the right to vote our conscience and, increasingly, as Ralph predicted, voting "lesser evil" just gets us one thing ... evil.

Ralph Nader for his bravery and his honesty. He is a friend and has not only endorsed my campaign and helped us raise money by appearing on the campaign trail with us, he has also directly donated which is a definite first for him. I am very proud of that. My opponents have been endorsed by Bowser (of Sha Na Na) and the GOP (Karl Rove and Paul Ryan).

Priority Issues:

Single-Payer Health Care
Peace (cut military spending sharply and eliminate 400 of our 800 bases)
Living Wage ($15 / hour set to increase with worker productivity)
End Corporate Welfare
Green New Deal - Full employment for everyone
Free College and Student Loan Forgiveness
End Corporate Ag Subsidies

Reason for Seeking Public Office:

To ensure that the working class finally has a seat at the congressional table. There is nothing inherently wrong with corporate-sponsored millionaires, I suppose, but since 96% of us are not corporate-sponsored millionaires, shouldn't Congress reflect that as a representative body? I would be the first in recent history.

To represent the working class. 100% of our current representatives are millionaires and paid corporate lobbyists serving their corporate masters. Time to include some workers to at table. Don't you agree?!