THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF HAYWOOD COUNTY RUNS WINDY MCKINNEY AS ITS FIRST CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER February 24, Waynesville, NC – The Libertarian Party of Haywood County will be running its first candidate in the November 2014 elections. Historian and writer Windy McKinney has now filed as the Libertarian candidate for county commissioner. Dr. McKinney grew up just outside of Waynesville and attended Tuscola High School before attaining a Bachelors Degree at UNC-Asheville in History and Literature. After living and working in Asheville, she later moved to the United Kingdom, achieving a Masters Degree in Medieval Studies at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK and a doctorate from the University of York, in York, UK. She has since returned to Haywood County, and thinks the county is ready for a Libertarian candidate, “to change politics as usual.” Running on the Libertarian partys platform of limited government, Dr. McKinney sees herself taking a different approach to politics than that of her predecessors by maintaining a citizen-focused candidacy. Her campaign calls for political and fiscal accountability to the citizens of Haywood County, and she believes that elected officials should show a great deal respect toward the people whom they serve. Part of this tact is a focus on the economic prosperity that is needed to keep businesses, jobs (and thus our best and brightest) here in Haywood County. Therefore, she will be taking a firm stance against property taxation and pushing back those government regulations which encumber local businesses and burden local farmers. She is also considering ways in which government mechanisms can run more efficiently in order to pay off the countys millions of dollars of debt, which she says will “free future generations of Haywood County residents from tax hikes, and put our local government back into the hands of the people.” Another concern that will be addressed by McKinney includes standing against the county commissioner approved Emergency Management Act, which allows the Sheriffs Department to take and use the personal property of citizens - such as guns and vehicles - during times of state emergency. She will also be taking an assertive stance against state and federally mandated regulations which limit the Constitutional rights of citizens, and advocating the removal of Common Core from North Carolinas statewide school curriculum. Dr. McKinney does not feel that politicians have a mandate for making decisions for their constituents, and advocates community outreach and referendum in order to stay in line with the will of the people. She plans to create a network in which local communities can give feed back to their county leaders their concerns, issues, complaints and suggestions. As part of this outreach, she is inviting input from the public, and has invited all interested citizens to raise their concerns with her via email at windyforhaywoodcommissioner@gmail She is also inviting the public to learn more about her campaign, and the work of the Libertarian Party of Haywood County, by joining the partys regular meetings at 7pm every second Wednesday of each month, at Organic Beans in Maggie Valley, 3676 Soco Rd. Their next meeting will be held on April 9
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 11:26:22 +0000
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