ABOUT
Jim
Fedolfi
What I Believe
All political movements start locally, good ones and bad ones. That is why local political elections are important. There are basically three major movements currently underway. Progressive Democrats espouse income redistribution locally, nationally, and internationally. Locally by collective bargaining in state and local government bodies, nationally by federal collective bargaining and rules and tax policies that stifle small businesses and allow the big ones to get bigger and easier to control, internationally by so called free trade agreements that are lopsided in favor of the have nots at the expense of the haves. Does the word socialism come to mind??? Well it should, because that’s exactly what it is, just phrased differently to make it more righteous and palatable. It just doesn’t work anywhere in the world as evidenced by Greece, Brazil, and the European Union, with the people of the United Kingdom overwhelmingly voting to secede from that union because they were tired of being ruled by an enormous faceless bureaucracy in Brussels making rules and laws in which they had no input, only directives to obey a centralized government.
Libertarians believe in little or no control over our lives locally, nationally, or internationally. At face value, this sounds wonderful, but in reality it doesn’t work either. It’s a little bit like if I bury my head in the sand then I won’t see, hear, or speak evil things. Well that’s not true either. The result is anarchy and wildness similar to the old west when first settled.
Republicans seem to be the best choice, not because any one person that you might like or dislike, but because I believe they are the party that at least tries to live by the ideals set forth by our founding fathers in the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. They are not perfect by any means, but they at least espouse a direction that maintains our democracy and freedoms.
I have been a registered republican for fifty years and although the party swings left and right occasionally, they pretty much end up in the middle of the political spectrum. I feel that they more accurately reflect the people they represent. I also believe there are fewer professional politicians in our party.
Now for the problems in our state of N.H. as I see them.
We desperately need to return to being a right to work state. This will encourage both small and large businesses to locate here and encourage start ups as well. We need to get local control of our schools back from the state and federal governments.
We need to learn to live within our means in real terms. We need to get better control over all state agencies, so that any rules or laws they deem appropriate will only come from our legislature not from some faceless bureaucrat.
We need to look at agency budgets and make sure they aren’t overloaded with administrators. Often times agencies will get top heavy and use too much of their budget with administrative costs at the expense of the services they are supposed to provide.
My background is business. I owned Fedolfi Construction, and built 113 design-build commercial industrial buildings. I owned that business for nine years and went under during the first Bush administration. Then I started Value Mart discount store and ran that for thirty years. I have been retired for ten years and spend most of my time landscaping my home and tending to my vegetable garden and small orchard.
My wife Clare was a teacher and is the love of my life. We have been married 50 years and have four children and six grandchildren. We have lived in New Hampshire for 47 years, the last ten in Hillsborough.
Life is good!!
I prefer not to let other people label me, so I will label myself, “Traditional Republican.” Some of my own children would label me as a conservative and my wife would describe me as a moderate. What I believe in is strong fiscal responsibility, after all, tax money is not free money. It represents money that people worked for and willingly donated to government to provide essential services for all the people, therefore it should not be squandered on meaningless tasks, or overpaid bureaucrats.
On social and political issues, I trust the results of the people in my party which is the most diverse group of people in any political party in this country. So when they put their ideas before the public and they get elected then that’s that. Elections matter, even if candidates’ views are different than mine. It’s called democracy.
On education, I believe the public responsibility is to educate children to be functional in math, reading, social studies, writing, history, geography, the arts, sciences, and provide an exposure to all the trades, home economics, computers, and finances. These are the things I feel students need in order to succeed in society. If students wish to go to college and further refine their knowledge bless them. If they want more knowledge about the trades, then Tech schools are available to enhance their knowledge, and give them a leg up on those that choose not to go. That is their choice, and I hope they take advantage of all the opportunities before them. But, although college and tech school education is wonderful, I do not think it is the responsibility of taxpayers, but of the individual and their families. If we can make state owned colleges and tech schools more affordable for our citizens then all the better. We as citizens will benefit substantially from well educated and trained young people entering the work force in our state. I also believe in minimal educational standards in math. reading, and social studies. We need some method of grading our schools so that school boards can act to correct problems facing their schools.
I believe that government is way too intrusive in our lives and with our businesses, and stifles both individual initiative and business creativity. I can tell you from my experience that businesses want to locate where they are wanted, where the cost of start up is reasonable and where there is an educated work force with a good work ethic.
I am running for state rep because I have the time and over 40 years of business experience to bring to the table. I also believe that it is our civic duty to serve your community when you can. I am NOT a professional politician. This is not a career choice or an attempt to get rich from PACS. I will meet with any group of people and answer all questions that I can, simply and honestly.
I ask you to consider voting for me for NH State Representative.