| Job History: |
 | Purdue University graduate. B.S. in mathematics and a minor in physics after 7 semesters (3.5 years).
Veteran Navy submarine officer. I served in the Arabian Gulf in the opening months of the Iraq invasion, and I am the only 10th district candidate with active duty military experience in the present conflict. I completed my obligation as the "Officer in Charge" of a training facility at Great Lakes Naval Station.
Navy and Department of Energy certified as a "nuclear engineer officer." I am qualified to hold overall responsibility for a Navy nuclear reactor facility.
Top Secret and Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) securtiy clearances.
Entrepreneur. While in the Navy, I saved my money and purchased investment properties. I incorporated this venture to create my first company, and I am presently in the process of opening a brick and mortar business in or near Arlington Heights.
I have no desire to be a career politician.
Founder and Chairperson of the Green Party of Arlington Heights, IL.
Member of the Chicago chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War.
Advisory board member of the Northwest Suburban Peace & Education Project.
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| Important Issues: |
| Election Reform: Instant runoff voting. Qualified public financing for state-wide and national elections. Level ballot access requirements with no preference for any affiliation.
Healthcare: "single-payer," not for profit, universal public health care for all U.S. citizens and lawful, tax-paying residents.
Illegal Immigration: Address the underlying economic causes like NAFTA. No amnesty or public benefits for illegal aliens. Do not build walls along the border.
Iraq: Compel an immediate end to the occupation by de-funding it. Remove all U.S. military personnel, mercenaries, and other "contractors." |
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| Why Vote For Me: |
| The short answer is, "Because it needs to be done." I consider it self-evident that most citizens share my lack of feeling meaningfully represented by our government. Rather than having participatory democracy, we have a bogus theater where corporate-financed candidates and elected officials engage in finger-pointing and externally limited "debate" that is usually framed within the false dichotomy of "left vs. right." We have a Democratic Congress and a Republican President infringing on our civil liberties in the name of "national security" even as people starve to death in New Orleans. Politicians trumpet the virtues of our economy based on growth statistics and GDP while our trade deficit swells and more and more Americans go without health insurance. Our news sources report scandal after scandal, but we just shake our heads, roll our eyes, and accept this behavior as "normal" or "expected." We say to ourselves, "What am I to do?" before changing the channel, and we vainly hope and pray that the broken system will somehow self-correct. Or we just quit watching the news.
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| Mail: | Committee To Elect David J. Kalbfleisch |
| | P.O. Box 5004 |
| | Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
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I am running as a Green for US House of Representatives.