I am running for New York City Council to serve the over-taxed, over-regulated, politically neglected citizens of Yorkville, Roosevelt Island, the Upper East Side and all of New York City. I will be the foe of Big Government and its politically powerful allies.

We live in the greatest city the world has ever known. It is the towering symbol of achievement in all fields of human endeavor, where people from across the country and around the world come to realize their dreams. Imagine what heights we can achieve once we get the naysayers and bureaucrats off our backs and out of our way!

If I am elected to City Council, I will fight to give New Yorkers more freedom over their lives and property. I want to give parents the power to provide a quality education for their children through school-choice initiatives such as vouchers and charter schools. Education is too important to entrust to government bureaucrats and politicians. I want to break the MTA’s monopoly on mass transit by opening the bus lines to competition by private carriers, introducing commuter ferry service along the East River, phasing in street pickups by non-medallion taxis, and even exploring private-sector construction and operation of a Second Avenue Subway.

As your council member, I will be a staunch defender of the civil liberties of all our most vulnerable citizens, including women, gays, minorities and immigrants. I will fight to end the obscene war on drugs, beginning with legislation to legalize medical marijuana cooperatives in New York City immediately. I believe that the decision to prescribe and use any medicine should be between doctors and patients—politicians have no legitimate role, whatsoever.

(Statement reprinted as supplied by the candidate.)