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    RightMichigan & OaklandPolitics Exclusive: Paul Welday announces candidacy in 9th Congressional


    By Nick, Section News
    Posted on Wed Apr 15, 2009 at 07:40:59 AM EST
    Tags: Welday, Peters, Exclusive, MI-9 (all tags)

    Oakland County businessman and former GOP Chairman Paul Welday of Farmington Hills is announcing today that he intends to be a candidate for the US House of Representatives from Michigan's Ninth Congressional district in 2010.  The announcement of his candidacy is being made exclusively here first at RightMichigan.com and OaklandPolitics.com.  He will follow it up with an announcement at the Tax Tea Party in Troy, Michigan, via Facebook and on Twitter.  The Ninth Congressional district is currently represented by freshman Democrat Congressman Gary Peters (D-MI).

    You can check out the candidate's first official interview, recorded live, HERE.  

    And there's MORE...

    "For over six years Michigan's economy has been in the tank, and now America is feeling much the same pain we have become all too familiar with," Welday added.  "While we have been promised hope and change, what we are getting from our current Congressman is grandstanding and massive deficit spending.  The voters of Oakland County deserve a Member of Congress who understands that it is the private sector - not government - that will lead us out of our near-depression economic woes.  Unfortunately, Gary Peters stands with those in Washington who believe a huge increase in federal taxes, spending, and debt is the answer to our nation's challenges.  I believe that approach is the wrong direction for America and think it's high time for new, common sense leadership that is woefully absent in Washington today."

    "Gary Peters has misread the sentiments of the people of Oakland County and he is not representing us.  Rather than fight for job creation and economic growth, Peters votes hand-in-hand with Barack Obama and the Democrat leadership to spend taxpayer money we don't have on government programs we can't afford.  We need private sector incentives that create real, long lasting jobs that will spark our economy to get it growing again.  Unfortunately, the Obama -Peters-Pelosi team in Washington supports a bigger federal government approach every time.  It won't work and has to stop.  I intend to offer real alternatives because I know we can - and must - do better.  I will give the voters of the 9th Congressional District a very real choice as to the direction of our nation and challenge Congressman Peters to debate these issues every chance we get."

    Welday is President and CEO of Renaissance Strategies, a leading Michigan-based public relations and public affairs consulting firm.  He served as Chief of Staff to former US Representative Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) from 1993-2002.  He had previously served as Chief of Staff to Omaha, Nebraska Mayor P.J. Morgan, Executive Director of the Oakland County Republican Party and as a member of the Farmington Hills Planning Commission.

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