I met Joe at the recent Democratic Club Picnic Club this past Saturday. I circulated for him in 2002, but we had started a few weeks and were a couple hundred signatures short of the 1,000 needed.
Now he's calling for more people to run with him!
Joe Otternein for Congress
JOE OTTERBEIN JR LAUNCHES UNUSUAL BID FOR US HOUSE
Shrewsbury Democrat Calls for More Democrats to Compete for Nomination
(York, Pennsylvania) Today Shrewsbury resident Joe
Otterbein announced his candidacy for the Democratic
nomination to challenge Representative Todd Platts.
Instead of hoping to keep other candidates out of what
many consider a long-shot attempt to defeat the three
term incumbent, Otterbein is asking other Democrats to
challenge him.
Otterbein told supporters at the York County Judicial
Center that, "Politics should be about people getting
together and solving problems. As competitors we can
work together to find solutions to the real problems
in our communities. Rather than bluster and preaching
to the choir, we Democrats need to get off our stumps
and into our communities to work side by side with our
neighbors. We need to earn their trust with our
sweat."
For nearly 50 years, Joe Otterbein Jr. has worked in
his family’s bakery, as a caterer for hospitals and
hotels, and most recently as the food services
director of a large meals-on-wheels program. "After
high school I went to work at my dad and granddad's
bakery. I didn't have the chance to go to college. I
learned that if something needs to get done, you do
it. Arguing and finger-pointing just meant that the
bread didn't get made and our customers went somewhere
else, and that wasn't an option."
Otterbein is supported in his efforts by a
Philadelphia-based political action committee,
GoodWorks-PAC.org, founded by Eric Loeb.
"GoodWorks-PAC.org helps competing Democratic
candidates work together on public service events,"
said Loeb. "Public service is important for campaigns
because it brings politics back to fundamentals.
Politics started when people worked together to
address their community needs. Now our national
politics are about consultants and ads and
who-you-know, not what you can do. If more
politicians put their muscle where there mouth is,
maybe the voters would not be so cynical and we’d
elect better people."
"Politicians should stop worrying about their next ad
campaign and instead just roll up their sleeves and
get their hands dirty. As a voter you can learn a lot
more about a person when you have to rely on them to
help you hang a sheet of dry-wall or prep a picket
fence for painting than you can from any 30 second
ad," said Otterbein. "Competition forces candidates
to work harder and produce results, and that’s good
for everybody. The best person for the job will be
clear enough when we are knee deep in muck cleaning a
river or side by side packing cookies for our troops.
By bringing Democratic voters and candidates together
we can again make politics what it should be – people
working together to solve problems."
Otterbein is married to Stacey Otterbein, and has four
children, Angela, Holly, Joey, and Kimberley.
Loeb created an online Presidential campaign for
Clinton/Gore in 1992 while a doctoral student at MIT.
He has since advised numerous campaigns, including
serving as the chief software engineer for Al Gore's
presidential campaign in 2000, and as chief Internet
architect for the Democratic National Committee.
# # #
The web address for Joe Otterbein Jr. is
http://www.OtterbeinForCongress.com .
The web address for GoodWorks-PAC.org is
http://www.GoodWorks-PAC.org .
Paid for by GoodWorks-PAC.org and authorized by Joe
Otterbein for Congress Committee
Reproduced with permission.
Now he's calling for more people to run with him!
Joe Otternein for Congress
JOE OTTERBEIN JR LAUNCHES UNUSUAL BID FOR US HOUSE
Shrewsbury Democrat Calls for More Democrats to Compete for Nomination
(York, Pennsylvania) Today Shrewsbury resident Joe
Otterbein announced his candidacy for the Democratic
nomination to challenge Representative Todd Platts.
Instead of hoping to keep other candidates out of what
many consider a long-shot attempt to defeat the three
term incumbent, Otterbein is asking other Democrats to
challenge him.
Otterbein told supporters at the York County Judicial
Center that, "Politics should be about people getting
together and solving problems. As competitors we can
work together to find solutions to the real problems
in our communities. Rather than bluster and preaching
to the choir, we Democrats need to get off our stumps
and into our communities to work side by side with our
neighbors. We need to earn their trust with our
sweat."
For nearly 50 years, Joe Otterbein Jr. has worked in
his family’s bakery, as a caterer for hospitals and
hotels, and most recently as the food services
director of a large meals-on-wheels program. "After
high school I went to work at my dad and granddad's
bakery. I didn't have the chance to go to college. I
learned that if something needs to get done, you do
it. Arguing and finger-pointing just meant that the
bread didn't get made and our customers went somewhere
else, and that wasn't an option."
Otterbein is supported in his efforts by a
Philadelphia-based political action committee,
GoodWorks-PAC.org, founded by Eric Loeb.
"GoodWorks-PAC.org helps competing Democratic
candidates work together on public service events,"
said Loeb. "Public service is important for campaigns
because it brings politics back to fundamentals.
Politics started when people worked together to
address their community needs. Now our national
politics are about consultants and ads and
who-you-know, not what you can do. If more
politicians put their muscle where there mouth is,
maybe the voters would not be so cynical and we’d
elect better people."
"Politicians should stop worrying about their next ad
campaign and instead just roll up their sleeves and
get their hands dirty. As a voter you can learn a lot
more about a person when you have to rely on them to
help you hang a sheet of dry-wall or prep a picket
fence for painting than you can from any 30 second
ad," said Otterbein. "Competition forces candidates
to work harder and produce results, and that’s good
for everybody. The best person for the job will be
clear enough when we are knee deep in muck cleaning a
river or side by side packing cookies for our troops.
By bringing Democratic voters and candidates together
we can again make politics what it should be – people
working together to solve problems."
Otterbein is married to Stacey Otterbein, and has four
children, Angela, Holly, Joey, and Kimberley.
Loeb created an online Presidential campaign for
Clinton/Gore in 1992 while a doctoral student at MIT.
He has since advised numerous campaigns, including
serving as the chief software engineer for Al Gore's
presidential campaign in 2000, and as chief Internet
architect for the Democratic National Committee.
# # #
The web address for Joe Otterbein Jr. is
http://www.OtterbeinForCongress.com .
The web address for GoodWorks-PAC.org is
http://www.GoodWorks-PAC.org .
Paid for by GoodWorks-PAC.org and authorized by Joe
Otterbein for Congress Committee
Reproduced with permission.
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