Republican Primary Candidates Brevard State Committeeman
Chuck Sheridan
Clyde Thodey
Mike Thomas
Age: 52
City of Residence: Indian Harbour Beach, FL
Occupation: Counselor and Attorney at Law. Zilaitis Law, P.A.
Education: BSEE, Drexel University, 1983
MSEE, University of Southern California, 1985
MBA, University of Bridgeport, 1990
Juris Doctor, Quinnipiac University, 1999
Experience: Private practice of law for over ten years. Former Brevard County Assistant State Attorney. Previously program/project manager in aerospace/defense industry for over twenty years. Brevard County Charter Review Commission, 2009-2010. Brevard Public Schools Audit Committee, 2010 to present
What makes you the best candidate in 300 words or less?
I
have been actively involved in Republican Party politics at the
state level for three and a half years.
I believe I have the best understanding of the issues with which the
Republican Party of Florida (RPoF) is dealing. Many are
"self-inflicted" wounds resulting from a failure to articulate a
philosophy underlying the general rallying cry of "less government and
more freedom." Although we have a
good track record of electing Republicans to federal, state, county and
municipal offices, many times these elected officials fail to vote in
accordance with the concepts of less government and more freedom. I
want to work at the state level with other
like-minded state committeemen, state committeewomen and county party
chairs to
adopt the philosophy of Objectivism (as articulated by Ayn Rand) as the
baseline for our party’s principles.
This requires a four-pronged approach: 1) Adopt the metaphysical
principle of objective reality; i.e., reality exists independent of
human
consciousness. Facts are facts and we
must deal with them. We cannot simply wish
they are different or that they will mysteriously go away; 2) Adopt
the epistemological principle of reason; i.e., making decisions based
upon reason as
opposed to making decisions based upon feelings or emotions; 3) Adopt
the
ethical principle of rational self-interest; i.e., your life is the
standard of
value. Your happiness is the highest
moral purpose of your life within the bounds of respecting the right of
another
to live the same way; and 4) Adopt the political principle of pure
laissez-faire
capitalism; i.e., free markets mean free markets unobstructed by
government
intervention. The socialistic approach
promoted by today’s major political parties is nothing more than
legalized
theft. We must stop theft! If you believe what I have written, please
vote Frank Zilaitis for Brevard County Republican State Committeeman.
Thank you.
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