Quite anxious to be represented by a fair-minded person who is neither an opportunist nor career politician

Some interesting news bits and bytes ... make of them what YOU will ... my thoughts follow:

- Democratic 3rd District House candidate Courtney Tritch repeated her request to Republican Rep. Jim Banks to have four debates before the Nov. 6 elections during a campaign rally Wednesday night.

- His campaign also sent a statement to radio station WBOI. It said, in part, “Unlike Ms. Tritch, Congressman Banks has a family and a job and that job is serving the people of northeast Indiana. As we've said before, there will be plenty of opportunity to debate at the appropriate time.”



- Banks, R-3rd, said in an interview that his family bought a house last summer in Springfield, Virginia, 12 miles from the Capitol Building. They kept their home in Columbia City, he said. "After eight months of being separated, we decided that what was best for our family was to have the family with me because I spend considerably more time there as a member of Congress than I do here" in northeast Indiana, Banks said during a Fort Wayne visit.

- Of all his unusual traits — relative youth, a love of Clif Bars for lunch and an excessive interest in tax policy — the most notable may be Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s insistence on sleeping in his Capitol Hill office. Like scores of other members of Congress, most of them Republican, Mr. Ryan chooses to bed down on a cot in his office every night the House is in session. He chooses this over the speaker’s official palatial suite in the Capitol ... For the lawmakers, the choice is fiscal, practical and political. Many say they find Washington rental prices too high.



Hmmmm ... some observations ...

Not a fan of Paul Ryan, but holy zaps truly wondering why then our Hoosier freshman representative for 3rd district might be able to afford two homes? One near the little people here in small town, Indiana, and another in D.C.

Many of us just caught up with that information.

Thus, another reason justifying why Democratic candidate COURTNEY TRITCH appeals to an ever-growing number of Hoosier voters in our neck of the woods. Courtney possesses a super background in the business world, Phi Beta Kappa membership, countless friends who believe in her, a mind of her own, and plenty of spunk.



Looking forward to listening to her views on important issues when busy, "family Man" Mister Banks agrees to a debate or two or three?

Hopefully, the clever gerrymandering set up by the GOP will not pose a problem nor will naysayers who just presuppose that a brilliant female cannot be elected with so many Republicans poised to be stubborn and closed-minded.



Quite anxious to be represented by a fair-minded person who is neither an opportunist nor career politician as well as not beholden to donors who probably are neither Hoosiers nor Republicans as in ... the Koch brothers?



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