Sunday, December 20, 2009

California Artist Quits for Politics: Will Literally 'Run' for Office

Artist Phil Dynan announces he will run for California State Assembly (2nd District). Dynan, a adept marathoner, will actually "run for office". The six anniversary attack run will crop the applicant from Yolo County in axial California to Modoc County in arctic California.

-- Tehama canton artisan Phil Dynan is putting abroad his paints and entering the apple of backroom to run for State Assembly. Dynan has been authoritative his active from affairs his art for thirty-five years. His aboriginal appear plan of art was at the age of seven.

An art display "closing" for Dynan's final US display will be captivated this Friday night (February 10) at the Union Coffee House, 629 Walnut street, Red Bluff. The artists' accession will be captivated from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The artisan has appear that he will run for State Assembly (2nd District) and appear that he has an abnormal attack plan. Dynan, a adept of over fifty marathons, intends to run -- actually -- through the 2nd District -- from Yolo to Modoc County. His "run for office" will crop about six weeks and activate in April, giving him a adventitious to accommodated humans all over the District and apprehend their concerns.

Dynan has a amount in Political Science from Western Illinois University.

"I've consistently had a agog absorption in politics, but I've never run for accessible appointment before," Dynan says, "I'm annoyed of all this argument over affair curve and the abridgement of accurate absorption in absolute issues, so I feel like I should try to do something absolute for the political process."

The applicant is active for appointment as a adumbrative of the Peace and Freedom Party. The affair was founded in 1967 and abounding of its founders and accepted associates are Veterans from the Viet Nam era. Dynan himself is an Army Veteran, who served with the Army Security Agency.

"Besides my account in the Army, I accept consistently approved to accord something to my association alfresco my vocation as an artist." His claimed web site, www.phildynan.com, has a area absolutely adherent to accessible account that Dynan has performed during his career.

He was already a affiliate of the Tanner Commission, apery the public-at-large, in Placer County. The Tanner Commission was a statewide agency founded by Legislator Sally Tanner that dealt with chargeless the achievability and siting of chancy decay sites in California.

"I served on the Commission for several years and abstruse absolutely a bit about the political process. The humans I formed with were mostly politicians and I represented the accessible absorption at hearings and meetings." Dynan says, "It was acutely absorbing and challenging."

"Right now there are some actual important issues afore the State Assembly and I'd like to anticipate that I could accomplish a addition appear chargeless policy. For instance, I'd like to see the Minimum allowance aloft so that approved humans don't accept to plan two jobs to accomplish ends meet."

Dynan aswell is a able adherent of "Proportional Representation", which is a accepted hot atom in the political process.

"We (the US) fabricated abiding that Iraq had Proportional Representation as an capital allotment of Democracy, but we don't accept it ourselves appropriate now. I'd like to see it put into action. I accept in in actuality practicing autonomous principles, not just paying them lip service," says the artist.

"Proportional Representation agency that if the accompaniment has 45% Democrats, 45% Republicans and 10% Peace and Freedom Party members, again the seats in the Legislature should reflect that and be comprised of agnate percentages. Everyone should accept a articulation in the political process, not just the majority parties."

"That way, you annihilate the argument like we accept apparent consistently these endure several years with Democrats and Republicans about voting beeline affair lines. If minorities had a voice, the issues would al of a sudden crop on new accent and the accessible would be bigger represented."

Dynan is affiliated to artisan Ana Nelson. They accept two accouchement in college. Currently they aswell allotment the exhibition at the Union Coffee House.

Nelson, whose plan is aswell apparent at Crystal Arts, Indulgence and The Big Picture in Red Bluff, has installed ahead concealed plan for the "closing" at the Union. She is a alum of University of California, Davis with a amount in Studio Painting that led her to alive artistically with Phil Dynan.

An black at The Union, Friday, February 10, promises to be an absorbing evening. The exhibit, which opened in December, has been afresh afflicted and includes new art by both Dynan and Nelson.

The accessible can apprentice added about Dynan's antagonism for State Assembly at his political website www.phildynanforassembly.com

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