Republican Party Endorses Mike Walker for Mayor-President

September 24, 2012 0 Comments

Republican Party Endorses Mike Walker For Mayor-President Against Kip Holden

BATON ROUGE — The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Tuesday announced its endorsement of Mike Walker for Mayor-President in the Nov. 6 election. The announcement was made by parish vice chairman Connie Bernard at the party’s Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon.

Bernard said Walker answered questions from party leaders for three hours in a private meeting and another three hours in a public meeting at the Metro Council Chamber last Thursday, and that they were well satisfied with his qualifications, experience, conservative philosophy of government, and integrity.

Walker said, “The No. 1 issue in this race is crime. The No. 2 issue is crime, and the No. 3 issue is crime. We have 72 homicides this year and are on track to have 118.”

“We don’t have a revenue problem in this parish. We have a spending problem. Our No. 1 priority for spending has to be crime control. We have to put 75 new police officers on the street. The State Police have offered us space in their training academy, and I’m going to see that we accept their offer.”

“Today the law-abiding citizens are living behind bars in their houses, and the criminals are controlling the streets. The criminals are here. The gangs are here. But not for much longer!”

“I plan to launch Operation Suitcase. The criminals are going to pack their suitcases and get out of town, and that’s a promise!”

Walker urged voters over 65 to register to vote by mail and everyone to come work at his headquarters at 4314 S. Sherwood Forest.