Amherst Times

This past Thursday I sat down with Jon Powers, a Clarence native, who is seeking the Democratic nod to oppose Congressman Tom Reynolds in the upcoming November election for US Congressman from Amherst.

It is easy to tell the public what Jon Powers has achieved in his twenty-nine years on this earth.  As a young man he achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts.  As an adult he has served his Country in Iraq where he not only saw combat duty, he also started a program to steer the children clear from being recruited by terrorist scourge.  During his combat time he was a leader of many soldiers who put their lives in his hand and he served them well.

Now he is home and continues to feel a driving need to serve the people of his congressional district.  Why?  This was one of the questions I needed an answer to.

As we began our conversation he offered some nondescript babble which told me nothing about him but after some tough bullying, on my part, he started to spring forth like a fountain in Rome.

He has a passion to help those who can’t help themselves and this is paramount in his heart and mind. He is sick of looking at and listening to the politicians of his youth; the ones who spouted BS and non-caring lies just to get elected and fatten their pocketbooks.  Today many of these same politicians are serving cocktails to big business representatives and special interest groups to get their greasy, smelly money for their re-election campaigns.  So the cycle continues.  Fat politicians win their elections and serve the swamp rats that support them financially, not the constituents they gave an oath to serve.

When Powers came home from the war he realized that America had changed.  The political leaders today are even more self-centered than they were, and they rarely consider the needs of the people they are elected to serve. 

There is still much to learn about Jon Powers’ positions on the important issues facing America.  Throughout the interview I felt his passion to do the right thing was his mantra.

I look forward to meeting with him in the near future to bring you more about his goals.