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Budget YES Medicare YES Defense NO Abortion YES Guns YES Gays YES Bosnia YES NAFTA NO Welfare YES Medical Leave NO (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "If it continues unchecked, Medicare spending will soon spiral out of control."
JERRY PROVENZANO (D) District 9 BORN: Dec. 3, 1948, Tampa EDUCATION: Hillsboro Community College, A.A., 1971; U of South Florida, B.A., 1973 FAMILY: Wife, Fran; one child RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Publishing executive; communications-company president POLITICAL CAREER: Oldsmar city council, 1987-91, mayor, 1991-95 ADDRESS: P.O. Box 2165, Oldsmar 34677. Tel.: 813-891-9120
Unopposed in the primary, this Tampa-area native, who rose from the board of the Boys and Girls Clubs to the mayor's office, is opposing a seven-term incumbent. He says he wants to return control to citizens by instituting term limits, limiting campaign expenses and requiring disclosure of relationships between Congress and lobbyists.
THE ISSUES
Budget NO Medicare NO Defense YES Abortion NO Guns YES Gays YES Bosnia NO NAFTA YES Welfare YES Medical Leave YES (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I'm having a wonderful time doing this election. It's fun! I particularly enjoy talking with people...especially when they don't agree with me. If they're going to vote for me, that's great, but it's the ones who don't agree with my views that I want to talk with."
HENRY GREEN (D) District 10 (West--southern Pinellas County; St. Petersburg)
BORN: Sept. 17, 1957, Jacksonville EDUCATION: Florida Junior College, A.A., 1977; U of North Florida, B.A.E., 1980; Southwestern Seminary, M.Div., 1983. FAMILY: Wife, Irene; three children RELIGION: Baptist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Minister POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: P.O. Box 47606, St. Petersburg 33743. 813-392-2236
Though he lacks experience in public office, Green, a Baptist minister, demonstrated his political sensibilities this June, inaugurating his campaign with a suit against the State of Florida over its ballot-qualifying fees--at $10,020, the highest in the nation. Green, 39, has also emphasized his youth, in comparison with 66-year-old incumbent Bill Young, in an attempt to woo the district's new population of young professionals. He sees himself as an F.D.R. Democrat, unapologetic in his support of government programs.
THE ISSUES Budget NO Medicare NO Defense YES Abortion NO Guns YES Gays YES Bosnia NO NAFTA NO Welfare NO Medical Leave YES (For an explanation of these issues, see the front of this guide.)
QUOTE OF NOTE: "The only thing we have to fear are the pundits and pollsters and pessimists."
BILL YOUNG (R) District 10