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Fimian Kicks Off Campaign with Fiscally Conservative Message
Mar 03, 2010
As businessman Keith Fimian (R) kicked off his second campaign for the 11th Congressional District last Saturday in Haymarket, he checked off an imagine list of conservative positions.
Pro-second amendment? Check. Anti-card check, or what he called “forced unionization?” Check. Pro-life? Check. “Secure our borders?” Check. Tough on terror? Check.
Yet all those issues to a back seat to the economy, particularly the money going in and out of the federal government. Fimian, who first ran for the 11th Congressional district in 2008, railed against taxes, government spending and “career politicians” after receiving an introduction by Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart (R). “You’re money’s your money,” he told the audience of more than 100 people gathered on the second floor of Giuseppe’s Italian Restaurant. “I just don’t trust politicians anymore. I think you should have more of your pay, so I took the no-tax pledge.” Fimian focused
his message on the concept that he’s created jobs in the private sector while Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-11th) and Supervisor Pat Herrity (R-Spingfield) have not, despite any claims to the contrary. “...I know what it takes to create jobs,” said the former CEO of US Inspect. “It’s what I do. It’s what I’m good at. And I’ve created hundreds of jobs. That’s something we don’t have in government, it’s something we desperately need.”
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