About me: Beth and Bill have lived in Corona since 1981. They've been married for 27 years, and have five children. Beth and Bill are both educators. Their son Adam, a soldier with the 3rd ID, is currently serving a second Iraqi deployment in Salman Pak, just east of Baghdad. Son Jesse served in Baquoba with the 1st ID, while his wife, Evelyn, also serving a second tour, is an army convoy driver in Baghdad. Daughter Sarah is an apprentice electrician, and Zach and Rebekkah are students.
During the day, Bill represents 1500 teachers as President of the Rialto Education Association, an NEA/AFL-CIO affiliate. Bill is a nineteen-year board member of the Corona-Norco Unified School District.
GOALS
I am a candidate for the 44th Congressional District because I strongly disagree with the views of the incumbent, Ken Calvert, a man who has marched lock-step with the Bush Administration. Worse, Mr. Calvert has been named one of the 20 most corrupt members of Congress by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). I run because I want to support our troops by withdrawal from Iraq, through fully funding the VA and enhancing services to our veterans, and reviewing the current strategy in Afghanistan. I want to work to resolve the national shame that leaves 95 million Americans under- or uninsured. I want to work for fair trade rather than the current policies supported by Mr. Calvert that are gutting the U.S. economy and exporting our industrial base, capital, and jobs. I want to fight the oil company monopoly that drains household income while simultaneously resisting federal efforts to promote new technologies and alternative fuels.
