Candidate for
Green Party Member; State Party Central Committee; Ohio State Board Of Education District 4

I am a semi-retired academic adult hematologist--treating patients with diseases of the blood. I came to Cincinnati from Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1987.

I had been a Democrat for all of my adult years, but in 2010, because of my disenchantment with both major parties over the mess that they had made of the economy, I registered as a Green. I was subsequently appointed to their State Central Committee. I think that I have something to contribute to their deliberations and therefore am now running for the same office. I have believed that the richest nation on the planet should provide health care for all of their citizens, as do every other industrialized nation. To further that cause, for 20 years I have been a member of Physicians for a National Health Program. For the past six years I have been on the governing council of the Single Payer Action Network of Ohio that has developed and is endeavoring to have enacted a publicly funded comprehensive, universal health care system for Ohio. The national, state and local Green parties are supportive of that legislation. The level of unemployment in this country is unsustainable. To provide jobs, I support government at all levels to be the employer of last resort. The books should be balanced in subsequent years by tax increases when the economy has improved.The current penchant for austerity is disastrous
The planet is imperiled; I would endorse responsible proposals at all levels of government to address that problem.