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Margate’s Scott Yardley on the campaign trail for State Representative
• Will you be voting for more of the same or change come November?
Sunday,
May 16, 2010
Long time Margate residents Scott and Catherine Yardley have eight children ages 1 to 16. They homeschool their kids, don’t accept food stamps, grants or otherwise government assistance.
As Scott Yardley put it, “I probably qualify for just about every assistance program out there,” he said, “But I’m a man, and part of manhood is independence.”
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Voters go to the polls in November to decide on whether District 95* incumbent Florida State Representative, Jim Waldman, D-Coconut Creek, gets another term in office or whether voters elect for change, such as Republican frontrunner Scott Yardley—or anyone else who may join the race by the June 18 filing deadline.
Many in Margate are familiar with Yardley. The Republican candidate challenged Margate commission incumbent Joseph Varsallone and lost in 2008, but rallied more votes than Varsallone’s other three challengers.
Should no others enter the state rep race by June, Yardley has his work cut out for him. Waldman not only enjoys an incumbent advantage (political analysts say a lead of between 10 to 15 percent), Waldman’s ability to raise campaign funds is superior to that of Yardley and his orchestrating the $1 cigarette tax in Florida last year makes his camp a strong brand to beat.
What does Yardley have that Waldman doesn’t?
Yardley is saying a lot of things taxpayers have wanted to hear for a long time. He believes in less governmental intrusion in the lives of South Florida taxpayers (including fewer taxes). He believes that family values in the district need strengthening and that government shouldn’t be in the business of healthcare, bailing out Wall Street or investing in mortgaged backed securities.
Furthermore, Yardley believes in depoliticizing the Broward County School Board, getting them out of the construction business and back into education where they belong he says.
Yardley isn’t soliciting lobbyists on the campaign trail, and although Waldman’s campaign contributions currently total more than Yardley’s, the majority of Waldman’s come from big business, such as pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, Humana, JM Family and Waste Management—to name a few. In comparison, Yardley’s contributions come primarily from private individuals.
If anything, said Yardley, government should be backing small business, not big business. Small business, Yardley said, provides the majority of jobs in District 95; inspires entrepreneurs and is more in tune with the environmental and social needs of voters and families in the district.
At the Margate level, Yardley attends just about every Margate City Commission meeting to speak out about concerns with government. Waldman doesn’t.
Yardley is a small businessman, running an IT graphics shop. Waldman is an attorney (Based on Gallup's annual Honesty and Ethics poll, 41 percent of American’s continue to rate lawyers as low or very low on honesty and ethics).
And while Yardley’s grassroots campaign has him knocking on doors to find out what changes Margate voters want to see in the District 95 Office, Waldman is calling his friends in big business to find out what they want.
Will you be voting for more of the same or something different in November?
*Coconut Creek, Margate and part of Coral Springs
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