Paul Glover
Green | Pennsylvania
Candidate Profile
Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Paul Glover
Party
Green
Election Year
2018
Election
General
Race
Governor
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
Mohawk Valley Tech, Utica, NY, AAS, 1967
SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, 1968
Summit University, Santa Monica, CA, B.A., 1982
WORK & MILITARY
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AFFILIATIONS
Philadelphia Orchard Project, founder, Ithaca HOURS local currency
founder, Citizen Planners of Los Angeles, founder
Ithaca Health Alliance, founder, League of Uninsured Voters
founder, Bicycle Planning Commission, founder
Green Party of Los Angeles, founder, Green Jobs Philly News
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
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POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Mayor, Ithaca, NY, 2003
Governor, Pennsylvania, 2014
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
Dr. Patch Adams
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Neutral
I am in favor of construction of a wall and other necessary infrastructure on our border that gives complete control over entering and exiting the United States.
Strongly Disagree
Governments should not discriminate against individuals, organizations or small businesses because of their belief that marriage is only a union of one man and one woman.
Disagree
Governments should define marriage as between one man and one woman; no other definition of marriage should be legalized or supported with taxpayer or public funds.
Disagree
It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has a livable income.
Neutral
It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health insurance.
Neutral
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Disagree
More restrictive gun control is needed to protect public safety.
Agree
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Agree
Religious liberty is at risk in the United States and deserves the highest level of protection in the law.
Agree
Any teaching to children on sex education in public schools must include all contraceptive methods, and should not show preference to abstinence.
Agree
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Agree
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive funds from federal, state, or local governments.
Strongly Disagree
Islamic law (Sharia) should take precedence over national and state laws where there are Islamic majority communities in the U. S.
Strongly Disagree
The state constitution should limit the growth of spending to the rate of population growth plus the rate of inflation.
Agree
Congress should pass a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.
Disagree
People should be allowed to use public restrooms, showers, and changing rooms based on "gender identity."
Agree
I support sanctuary cities.
Agree
I support the death penalty.
Strongly Disagree
Tuition-free public education should be guaranteed through college.
Neutral
The best way to maintain peace is through a strong military.
Disagree
Parents should be the primary authority in decisions affecting their minor children.
Agree
Mandatory minimum sentencing should be required and enforced for violent crimes.
Strongly Disagree
I voted in these primaries and general elections:
2010 General Election, 2012 General Election, 2014 General Election, 2016 General Election
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
When the mother's life is endangered. When a woman believes that she cannot emotionally or financially carry the responsibility of motherhood. Contraception prevents abortions, therefore I support Planned Parenthood. There is a difference between being pro-fetus and pro-life. Yet both carry enormous responsibilities for being rigidly pro-fetus imposes on women. I respect and consider pro-life those pro-fetus advocates who do the following: http://www.paulglover.org/0205.html
What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers in the Constitution?
They understood that greed will overwhelm community and freedom unless authority is spread widely.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
These are private beliefs. There should be no religious test for public office. But you may see my spirituality manifest in my 50 years of community service. http://paulglover.org
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and immigration, which of the following best describes you overall?
No Answer
Please provide publicly available information validating your answer to the previous question.
I serve community and nature. Here are my labels: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/458733912041287501/
What is the best way to bring down unemployment?
I offer a plan to create 500,000 new jobs in Pennsylvania without raising taxes, by funding the Green Labor Administration (GLAD), an independent nonprofit entity which networks community assets to repair communities and nature. https://www.tremr.com/paul-glover/growing-jobs-grassroots-economic-development I taught Green Jobs at Temple University and published Green Jobs Philly News for four years. I'm founder of a dozen organizations and enterprises. Control of the economy must be decentralized, to favor community enterprise rather than global corporations. Wall Street should not dominate Main Street. The Federal Reserve should be an elected body or be dissolved.
How would you promote healthcare coverage that is adequate, affordable and accessible for all?
I endorse the proposed Pennsylvania law SB 1688 which expands Medicare to all Pennsylvanians. But I favor basing this expansion on a system of local and regional member-owned medical co-operatives will ensure that Medicare is affordable, democratic, and humane. I'm founder of the Ithaca Health Alliance, a member-owned health security system. I'm author of Health Democracy. Members of the Ithaca Health Alliance paid $100 per year to be covered for twelve categories of common emergency, anywhere in the world, to specified maximum amounts. The Alliance then built a free clinic that provides both holistic and allopathic care. I"m author of the book "Health Democracy" which explains how: http://paulglover.org/hdbook.html I would shut the revolving door at PA Insurance Department between regulators and insurers. My book "A Crime Not a Crisis" details how and why.
What role should government play in boosting the economy?
As a lifelong community development consultant and entrepreneur, I would shift the budget to foster small businesses that serve community needs while celebrating community assets. We are a state of talented, energetic people, and we deserve government which is itself efficient, energetic, and subordinate to the creativity of the public. I favor a PA State bank, to pull our taxes and pensions from commercial banks that spread our money around the globe. The State bank would be required to invest in PA infrastructure and enterprise. As mentioned above, I budget seed money for the Green Labor Admninistration.
What education or experience qualifies you to hold the office for which you seek election?
I'm founder of a dozen organizations and campaigns for ecology and justice. Among these are Ithaca HOURS, a business network (500) which stimulated the local economy by issuing a community currency. As well, have founded the Ithaca Health Alliance, which enabled members to escape HMO profiteering. Founded the Philadelphia Orchard Project, which has 61 orchards so far. Founder too of Citizen Planners, a national program which empowers communities to shape development. And so forth. Am author of six books on community economies. Taught urban studies at Temple University. Taught ecological economics at Philadelphia University.
E-mail address and phone number for voters to reach you:
paul5glover@yahoo.com 215 805-8330
Is there anything else you would like voters to know about you?
Green Party candidates do not accept corporate contributions (bribes). We are accountable to voters instead. I do not believe in good government. I believe in fierce people.
