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Vance Patterson vows to Give Back Congressional Salary

Patterson to Give Back Congressional salary if elected to Congress.

ASHEVILLE, NC ~ It was a huge night for the eight Republican Congressional Candidates seeking office in North Carolina’s 11th District. This has been a very tough race since the beginning.  The 11th District has been controlled by Democratic incumbent Heath Schuler for the past six years, and upon Schuler’s’ statement that he will not be running again this term, the race sparked immediate local, state and nationwide attention.

 

 

Burke County, North Carolina was the setting of last nights GOP Candidate Forum, where all eight of the candidate hopefuls spoke. The evening began and ran smoothly, much like any other forum one might attend on any given day. The forum allowed time for each candidate to give an opening statement, followed by questions and answers and finished with closing statements.

 

Watch the Video here:

 

 

Vance Patterson, businessman from Burke County, sent a shock throughout the open room when in his closing statement he stated, “if elected, I will donate my entire salary of $174,500 a year to charitable organizations in the 11th District of North Carolina.”

 

The energy in the room altered quickly and the shocked expressions on several of the competing candidates was noticeable, to say the least.

 

Giving more depth to Vance Patterson’s reasoning behind this statement, he continued to share the following statement.

 

“Let me give you an idea of what a Serial Entrepreneur can do for the 11th District. I take risks, because I am passionate about the ventures I enter.  Sometimes those ventures struggle.  It was a real struggle for my company back in 2009 when the great recession crushed small business, especially manufacturing.  I had to borrow on my house just to keep the doors open and make payroll.  I didn’t take a salary for seven months because I didn’t want to be a burden on my company.  This is what entrepreneurs have to do sometimes.”

 

“I bring this attitude and this ethic to the 11th District.  We are still struggling immensely with the great recession.  For that reason, I will not be a burden on our district, and I will not accept any personal gain from this job,” Patterson said.

 

It was one of the most bold and compassionate statements made by any candidate, hands down. The audience’s reaction was comparable to those of the candidates, people looking at one another wandering if they all heard correctly. The audience settled just in time for Vance Patterson to make another eye popping statement.

 

“In addition to donating my entire salary, and as part of my jobs plan, I will set up a matching fund with a challenge going out to the business leaders to match my contribution. These funds will be used to develop jobs and train employees in Western North Carolina. This means that if elected, my one Congressional seat will contribute $700,000 over the next two years to the 11th District for job growth and safety net needs,” stated Patterson.

 

In finishing his closing speech, he closed with this statement.

 

“This is how true entrepreneurship works.  I believe so much in the people of Western North Carolina and our quality of life, that I’m pushing everything onto the table.  I’m leaving my businesses, I’m taking weeks away from my family, I’ve put a 2nd mortgage on my house to self-finance my campaign, and now I’m giving up my salary. I’m pushing it all onto the table.  I’m all in. With your support, I will bring companies and jobs from across the country and around the world to Western North Carolina.  All I ask of you is for your vote, so that I can work for your family, for my family and to help save America for our future generations.  Vote to hire me on May 8th!  Thank you.”

 

If you have any questions or would like to know more about Vance Patterson and his platform, please visit:

 

www.vancenc.com

 

www.facebook.com/vancenc

 

www.twitter.com/vancenc

 

 

 

 

 

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Vance Patterson launches Family Values Commercial across WNC

NC – 11th District

ASHEVILLE, NC — TEA Party Republican Candidate Vance Patterson, launched his second commercial this week on television stations across the 11th District. Vance Patterson is a business leader, having created 16 companied in the past 36 years, four of which he still owns and operates. He is one of the eight Republican candidates vying for the Congressional seat currently held by Heath Shuler, who has announced he will not be running for re-election this term.

Vance Patterson will be airing several television commercials that will discuss his platform both on a politically and personally. In the first commercial, Patterson hits hard on the fact that the lack of Jobs and the need of jobs in Western North Carolina is his priority. Patterson is a manufacturer by trade and understands how business is done. He is a believer that we need to have “less government in business and more business leaders in Washington, NOT Career Politicians.”

In the commercial that launched this week, Patterson shares with his viewers that this “job” is not about the money to him, nor is it about getting to Washington and becoming just another politician. It is about making changes in Washington and working for THE PEOPLE of WNC. It is about putting everything you have on the table, risking it ALL for something and for a country that still is AMERICA.

Family Values and Vance Patterson

From Term Limits to repealing Obamacare, Lowering Taxes and bringing jobs back to Western North Carolina, Vance Patterson’s vision is straight forward, to the point and from a businessman’s point of view and record.

In a recent poll by Magellan Strategies. Vance Patterson surged to the lead in the NC 11th Congressional Race. In one poll, Patterson has a 8% lead over Mark Meadows and more than a 23% lead over other candidates. Understanding that straw polls, independent polls nor endorsements win elections, Vance Patterson remains very humble and motivated to continue forward in getting his message out to the great people of Western North Carolina.

 

www.vancenc.com

www.facebook.com/vancenc

www.twitter.com/vancenc

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Vance Pattersons first television commercial now showing throughout all of WNC

NC – 11th District

 

ASHEVILLE, NC — TEA Party Republican Candidate Vance Patterson, launched his platforms message this week on television stations across the 11th District. Vance Patterson is a business leader, having created 16 companied in the past 36 years, four of which he still owns and operates. He is one of the eight Republican candidates vying for the Congressional seat currently held by Heath Shuler, who has announced he will not be running for re-election this term.

Vance Patterson will be airing several television commercials that will discuss his platform both on a politically and personally. In the first commercial, Patterson hits hard on the fact that the lack of Jobs and the need of jobs in Western North Carolina is his priority. Patterson is a manufacturer by trade and understands how business is done. He is a believer that we need to have “less government in business and more business leaders in Washington, NOT Career Politicians.”

“From Term Limits to repealing Obamacare, Lowering Taxes and bringing jobs back to Western North Carolina, Vance Patterson’s vision is straight forward, to the point and from a businessman’s point of view and record.

In a recent poll by Magellan Strategies. Vance Patterson surged to the lead in the NC 11th Congressional Race. In one poll, Patterson has a 8% lead over Mark Meadows and more than a 23% lead over Spence Campbell, also one of the districts candidates. Understanding that straw polls, independent polls nor endorsements win elections, Vance Patterson remains very humble and motivated to continue forward in getting his message out to the great people of Western North Carolina.

 

Vance Patterson launches his first television commercial

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Vance Patterson Surges to the Lead in recent poll

11th Congressional District ~ Vance Patterson Surges to the Lead in recent Poll

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ****

Waynesville, NC – In a recent independent poll taken across the entire NC-11th Congressional District, now going public, shows that TEA Party Christian Republican candidate, Mr. Vance Patterson, in a fair lead of all the candidates. According to the poll, when asked if the Primary Vote was today, who the person would vote for, Vance Patterson cleared a 4% lead over Mark Meadows. Additionally, Patterson took an enormous lead over all the candidates when asked out of all the candidates for Congress, which one have you seen, read or heard about the most. In this reference of poll questioning, Vance Patterson once again beat out Mark Meadows with a heavy and unquestionable 8% lead.

There are a total of eight candidates vying for the Republican ticket in the NC -11th Congressional District. Magellan Strategies who has given the following statement took the poll.

April 19, 2012

Magellan Strategies Disclaimer for Release Vance Patterson for Congress (NC-11)

This survey was conducted using automated telephone touch tone technology. The sample used for this survey was randomly drawn from a North Carolina voter file. The survey response data was weighted based upon voting demographics from past North Carolina Republican Primary election cycles. The 778 interviews were conducted on March 26th and 27th, 2012. Three attempts were made to interview each household in the sample. This survey has a margin of error of 3.51% at the 95 percent confidence interval. Magellan Strategies CEO, David Flaherty has been in the political research industry for more than fifteen years. Magellan Strategies does not condone biasing survey responses for clients or the general public. For any questions regarding methodology of this survey, please contact David Flaherty at 303-861-8585 or DFlaherty@magellanstrategies.com. Also, for more information visit our website at MagellanStrategies.com.

Additional of this poll are included in this content.

Upon the poll statistics, Vance Patterson remains humble and motivated to continue forward in his campaign as he has done since the beginning.  “Thus far, the results are encouraging, but there is still a lot of work to do in continuing to get out my message, which is Jobs, Prosperity Now, We don’t have to wait,” states Patterson.

“I am all in for North Carolina.” ~ Vance Patterson

 

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Transit Town Hall meetings in Wake County

One of the goals of Agenda 21 is to control the means by which people move around.  If you control the means, then you control where they go.  If people cannot move, then they cannot escape tyranny easily.  Light rail transportation has been pushed in Wake County for over a decade.  The people of Wake County have never bought into the “benefits” of providing something that will always cost money and never go where people need to go.  The push for light rail is happening again and they have setup town hall meetings to discuss it.  Please read A ”Critique” on Transit by Michael Sanera, John Locke Foundation.

If you can attend, here are the dates listed for these upcoming Town Halls meetings.

Wake Forest Town Hall  Transit
Start: 04/12/2012  7:00pm
Wake Forest Town H2111
301 S. Brooks Street _
Wake Forest, NC 2758’7«2901
Downstairs Meeting Room

Cary Town Hall Forum on Transit
April 16,  from 7:00 – 8:30 pm
at the Page-Waîker Center, 1 16 Ambassador Loop, Cary, NC.

Knightdale Town Hall Forum on Transit
Start O4/30/2012 – 7:00pm
End: 04/30/2012  8:30pm
Knightdale Town Hall
950 Steeple Square Court, Knightdale, NC 27545

Garner Town Hall Forum on Transit
Start: 05/10/2012  7:00pm
End: 8:30pm
Garner Town Hall
906 ’7th Avenue
Garner, NC

If you attend these meetings, you might run into attempts to use the Delphi Technique in order to push the discussion towards the pre-programmed outcome.  Here is a video that points out the Delphi Technique when it was used in California to push the transit agenda.

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Vance Patterson Issues Statement on Veterans Healthcare

Vance Patterson issues statement on Veterans’ Health Care

I have always had a deep respect for those who defend our great nation, and the sacrifices that they are willing to make to keep us safe. Not just them, but their families also endure great hardships. They are asked to pull up roots and move away from family and friends many times throughout their careers, or to be apart for months or years at a time while their loved ones are in harm’s way. Often times, our service members return from war in need of physical and/or mental health care. These issues are of great importance to me. I believe that those who fight for and defend our freedoms deserve the best medical benefits of all.

As a patriot and concerned citizen, I have applauded measures such as:

The Veterans Housing Opportunity and Benefits Improvement Act
The Veterans Mental Health and Other Care Improvements Act
The Veterans Healthcare Budget Reform and Transparency Act, among others.

Each of these provide increased health care, better facilities or prevent homelessness for our veterans.

As Congressman for North Carolina’s 11th District, I will always fight to make sure that our Veterans AND their Families, and/or Survivors receive exemplary health care benefits. I will work to oppose, repeal or defund any and all measures that might lead to reduce the care for our great servicemen and women.

Website: www.vancenc.com
Facebook: http://www.vancenc.com
Twitter: http://www.vancenc.com

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A Volunteer Congressman – Vance Patterson forfeits salary to WNC Non-Profits upon election

Patterson to donate Congressional salary to WNC non-profits if elected to Congress.

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Last night was a huge night for the eight Republican Congressional Candidates seeking office in North Carolina’s 11th District. This has been a very tough race since the beginning. The 11th District has been controlled by Democratic incumbent Heath Schuler for the past six years, and upon Schuler’s’ statement that he will not be running again this term, the race sparked immediate local, state and nationwide attention.

Burke County, North Carolina was the setting of last nights GOP Candidate Forum, where all eight of the candidate hopefuls spoke. The evening began and ran smoothly, much like any other forum one might attend on any given day. The forum allowed time for each candidate to give an opening statement, followed by questions and answers and finished with closing statements.

Vance Patterson, businessman from Burke County, sent a shock throughout the open room when in his closing statement he stated, “if elected, I will donate my entire salary of $174,500 a year to charitable organizations in the 11th District of North Carolina.”

The energy in the room altered quickly and the shocked expressions on several of the competing candidates was noticeable, to say the least.

To watch live

 

Giving more depth to Vance Patterson’s reasoning behind this statement, he continued to share the following statement.

“Let me give you an idea of what a Serial Entrepreneur can do for the 11th District. I take risks, because I am passionate about the ventures I enter. Sometimes those ventures struggle. It was a real struggle for my company back in 2009 when the great recession crushed small business, especially manufacturing. I had to borrow on my house just to keep the doors open and make payroll. I didn’t take a salary for seven months because I didn’t want to be a burden on my company. This is what entrepreneurs have to do sometimes.”

“I bring this attitude and this ethic to the 11th District. We are still struggling immensely with the great recession. For that reason, I will not be a burden on our district, and I will not accept any personal gain from this job,” Patterson said.

It was one of the most bold and compassionate statements made by any candidate, hands down. The audience’s reaction was comparable to those of the candidates, people looking at one another wandering if they all heard correctly. The audience settled just in time for Vance Patterson to make another eye popping statement.

“In addition to donating my entire salary, and as part of my jobs plan, I will set up a matching fund with a challenge going out to the business leaders to match my contribution. These funds will be used to develop jobs and train employees in Western North Carolina. This means that if elected, my one Congressional seat will contribute $700,000 over the next two years to the 11th District for job growth and safety net needs,” stated Patterson.

In finishing his closing speech, he closed with this statement.

“This is how true entrepreneurship works. I believe so much in the people of Western North Carolina and our quality of life, that I’m pushing everything onto the table. I’m leaving my businesses, I’m taking weeks away from my family, I’ve put a 2nd mortgage on my house to self-finance my campaign, and now I’m giving up my salary. I’m pushing it all onto the table. I’m all in. With your support, I will bring companies and jobs from across the country and around the world to Western North Carolina. All I ask of you is for your vote, so that I can work for your family, for my family and to help save America for our future generations. Vote to hire me on May 8th! Thank you.”

AND THE CROWD WENT WILD!

If you have any questions or would like to know more about Vance Patterson and his platform, please visit:

www.vancenc.com

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A Letter from a viewer – This is what LEADERSHIP looks like

All -
I don’t often do this, but I thought this was a wonderful example of several very important things so I wanted to see what I could do to help raise the visibility of this heartening demonstration of leadership. Here’s the link. Take two minutes and forty-six seconds and watch and see if you don’t agree that this is the kind of leadership we should be demanding of our public servants.
The Volunteer Congressman – Serial Entrepreneur Vance Patterson will donate his salary.
Full disclosure … Vance has been a close personal friend for over 40 years so I am biased in that sense and we share a lot of the same values. Beyond that, however, what he has offered makes clear that he is doing this from 1) a true sense of public service like the Founding Fathers had and upon which our government was intended to be based; 2) a clear understanding of whom he will be serving and to whom he is committing. He lives there. He is going to serve the needs and interests of the district; and, 3) a clear understanding of where solutions come from – people. People who are willing – as he says – to put it all on the line, to go all in for achieving the vision, whatever that vision might be. It is what builds successful businesses, solves problems of massive scope and scale and what wins wars. It is what made America the great nation it has been. It is what is needed to ensure that we don’t lose that special place and role for future generations. Now I’m a person of a “certain age” and I’m sending this mostly to people similarly situated, because, frankly, Ollie, we’re the ones who got us in this mess. What I’m asking is that if you agree that this is something that should become part of the discussion on what our nation needs from its leaders then send it on to as many of your friends and associates as you feel comfortable doing. Right now –1:30p.m. on March 30th, 2012 almost 1 day after this was uploaded, there have been 58 views. What I’m hoping is that through our views of this video and our efforts to share it, that number will begin to skyrocket so that something this worthy approaches the visibility of the latest flash mob video or the dog wants bacon video. Maybe, as Arlo sang to our generation, if enough of us do it, they may think it’s a movement! And maybe it will become one and we’ll begin moving toward solutions.

Also as many of you are aware, I’m a quick one to challenge the accuracy most Internet based circulars by looking it up on www.snopes.com. Well, go ahead. This is for real. Vance is for real. The commitment and the offer are for real and I know of personal knowledge the background, the history, the commitment and the sacrifice this represents as a demonstration of what he is offering. My information is below. If you want to check it, please go ahead. I’m sending this to them to facilitate their checking.

Best,

Mark S. Finegan
President
SIM2K, Inc.
5220 E. 64th St., Unit A
Indianapolis, IN 46220
317-251-7920 (O)
317-409-6144 (C)
www.sim2k.com

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Vance Patterson speaks publicly about Amnesty, Illegal Immigration and a little about Abortion

Vance Patterson was one of the many Congressional Candidates to attend the Haywood County Congressional Forum on Wednesday, April 4th. The two hour forum was hosted by The Mountaineer and was the last Forum scheduled between now and the May 8th Primary.

Here you will see live coverage of Vance Patterson’s answer on Illegal Immigration and Amnesty.

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IN THE UNITED DEMOCRATIC STATES, THE YEAR 2012 C.E.

A Declaration by the Authority of the United Democratic States,

When in the Course of human events, it becomes desirable for a people to strengthen the political bands which bind them to the central State, and to reinforce the dependent station to which the numerous volumes of Laws, and their corollaries, entitle them, despite contempt for the opinions of mankind, they should declare the causes which impel them to this insistent reliance.

We hold this doctrine to be enforceable, that most men are born inept, and therefore must be granted certain Rights, that among these Rights are Ample Nourishment, Adequate Housing, Safe Transportation, Quality Health Care, Economic Certainty, Security, and ultimately, Happiness. –That to award these rights, Governments reign over Men, deriving their just powers from the high station of their Councilors, –Whenever populaces become critical of their ends, it is the Right of the Government to disregard the dissent, and to institute more Laws, laying their foundation on conformity and organizing their powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect the perpetual supremacy of the ruling Class.

History, indeed, demonstrates that the grip of Governments long established are often strengthened for any conceivable cause; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more secure in accepting the crumbs that are offered them from their Betters, than to foolishly abolish the forms under which they are humbled. But when a long history of abundance and luxury obtained by the industrious, independent, and the unwitting benefactors in their employ and vicinity, evinces a design to hold men personally responsible and often enriched, it is the Government’s right, and the insistent dependents’ duty, to throw off such a system, and to provide Sentries for the establishment and continuing security of the ruling Caste’s authority. –Such has been the patient sufferance of American citizens; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to continue on the path toward total dependence facilitated by demands on the unjustly capable and endowed. The history of the United States is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations of rights as enumerated, all having in direct object the establishment of a system of individual pursuits, of risk and reward, where one receives only what one earns. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid globe.

• The current State has only sluggishly Assented to reams of new Laws and Regulations, the most wholesome and necessary for the common good.

• Large districts of citizens have refused to relinquish Representation in the Legislature, a privilege inestimable to the impedance of proper State control, and the democratic will of the majority.

• Citizens have opposed with manly firmness State invasions on their independent disposition, and the State has rebuked this slothfully and inadequately.

• Current law has obstructed the Administration of Social Justice by barring the enactment of Laws for establishing stronger collection, administrative and distributive powers.

• Learned Magistrates of well established tenure are constrained when establishing and enforcing just laws as deemed fit to manage an aimless populace.

• The erection of the multitude of New Offices, and the swarms of Officers sent hither to harass the people is wholly inadequate in number.

• The Military has been rendered dependent on, and inferior to, the Civil power.

• The domestic State’s constitution has yet to officially coalesce with the edicts of International Governing Bodies in order to properly establish a jurisdiction founded on worldwide economic justice, and lasting global peace.

• Over-privileged Americans are generally under-taxed and under-regulated.

• Citizens’ unrestricted travel causes unpredictable distribution of population and currency, causing undue complexity in societal planning and management.

In every stage of these Impediments We have Organized for Change: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by gradual acquiescence. A Government whose character is not marked by acts which may define a redistributive society, is unfit to be the ruler of a dependent people.

We have not been wanting in attentions to our Countrymen. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend a free economy and to decentralize the State. We have reminded them of our refusal to emigrate to countries more to our liking. We have appealed to their sense of social justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow independence and its results, which would inevitably interrupt our lurch toward pure democracy. They too have been deaf to the voice of social justice and of discordant diversity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Demands, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies as Sovereigns, in Subjugation Friends.

We, therefore, the willing Subjects of the United Democratic States of America, in General agreement, appealing to the already appropriately humbled of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of the Earth, solemnly publish and declare, That the people of these United Democratic States are, and of Right ought to be subdued by the benevolent central State, and are Dependent on the will of such; that we are Absolved from all Allegiance to the concepts of individualism, and self-interested pursuits. We recognize the Government’s claim to full, unchecked Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, regulate Commerce, approve Vocations, impose Taxes, claim Property, police Travel, standardize Salaries and to do all other Acts and Things which powerful central Governments must do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the repetition of a world history replete with domineering State control, we mutually demand a Goliath Central State, the abolition of the de-facto merit system, and the redistribution of all wealth and resources to affect fairness, and to quash economic inequality and self-interest.

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