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John Powers' Biography

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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

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