Office and District sought: Colorado State House of Representatives District 57
Name: Mike Kien
Party affiliation: Libertarian
E-mail: mikekien2004@yahoo.com
Age: 50
Last degree earned: High School
Occupation: Unemployed maintenance man.
Hobbies: Skiing, snowmobiling, motorcycles, backpacking.
Family: 12-year old son Andrew “Andy” Kien.
How long have you lived in Colorado? Where did you live before? 24 years; Cincinnati
Last book read: “The Fountainhead,” Ayn Rand.
Civic Involvement: Trustee, Oak Creek Town Board, 97-06; commissioner, Oak Creek Planning Commission; 98-00; director, Oak Creek Labor Day Committee; 92-02; animal control officer, Oak Creek.
Why are you running? I’m in this race to give the citizens of Northwest Colorado a chance to vote for fiscally responsible government,
What are the top three challenges facing Colorado or the institution you seek to represent?
1. Violation, by government, of our basic constitutional rights.
2. Attempts to do away with the taxpayers Bill of Rights.
3. Outrageous levels of taxation used to support subsidies to wealthy corporations and unsustainable growth.
What is your top priority in the next session if you should win? All of the new money that has mysteriously appeared since last year’s election should be saved in reserve for the nest downturn.
What proposal in the last session did you oppose the most? State Government chose to subsidize large corporations with a taxpayer funded tourist promotion bureaucracy, even though the citizens of Colorado previously voted against such subsidies.
What proposal in the last session did you agree with the most? I’m not sure anything good happened in the last session.
