A Post by Scott Dianda Democrat for the 110th District State House

We bring you another of our primary candidate posts.  This post is from  Scott Dianda, Democratic primary candidate for the 110th District State House of Representatives seat currently held by Mike Lahti.  As you know  Rep. Lahti is running for the State Senate seat being vacated by Senator Prusi who is term-limited and retiring at the end of this term.

Houghton County Democrats,

My name is Scott Dianda and I am a democrat running for the 110^th district house seat. I was born and raised in Calumet and was a small business owner. After selling the Dianda Party Store I began working with the Michigan Department of Transportation. Working for the State let me see firsthand the problems and inefficiencies in State Government.

The State of Michigan is currently facing a 2 Billion dollar budget deficit. The legislature promised us that they would have a budget done by July 1^st and they missed that deadline. With the upcoming elections it’s doubtful this legislature will even have a budget completed by the beginning of the fiscal year October 1^st.  Some members of the MI legislature have proposed an “all cuts” solution. As a former State Employee I know what kind of impact this will have on our communities here. If we only cut we will not be able to properly fix and maintain our roadways. We will not be able to process requests at the Secretary of State. Our children will not be able to receive the quality education they deserve. Revenue sharing to our cities and townships will be cut and this could mean reductions in city employees, police officers, and fire fighters. An all cuts budget will only negatively impact our neighborhoods.

There is another way that will not hurt communities in the Upper Peninsula. We have to have candidates who know how State government operates so that they make wise decisions about how to allocate our resources. Why do we have to cut funding to our schools and townships here in the UP while they remodel the Attorney General’s office in Lansing? Why do 16 billion dollars in State contracts go uncut, and in the legislature continues to spend more and more of our tax dollars on these unregulated contracts. We have to reevaluate our tax structure in order to make sure tax cuts to business are actually creating jobs in Michigan.

We need a representative who will work within state government and make decisions that will help bring jobs to the UP and grow our economy. I have experience working for the State and as your next representative to the 110^th district I will work with the legislature to make balanced budgets. I will represent all people of the UP fairly. I am running because I want to help improve the lives of people in our communities. Please take a look at my website, www.votedianda.com or call me at 906-369-3338. I look forward to talking with you and helping to move Michigan forward.

Thank you for your support,

Scott Dianda

Democrat for the 110^th District

Scott Dianda

Recently, Bill Doan, also a Democratic candidate for the 110th addressed readers of this blog.  We will bring you remarks if received from Bob Black, the other Democratic candidate for the 110th.

See posts by our two candidates for Houghton County Prosecutor Michael E. Makinen the current office holder, and his challenger Pamela B. Dobbs.

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