Stuart Mears, Lake Worth High graduate, running for State Rep District 86

Stuart Mears, the Republican looking to defeat incoming Florida House Minority Leader Mark Pafford, D-West Palm Beach.

“After graduating from Lake Worth Community High School in 1992, Stuart joined the United States Army Infantry and served his country proudly. Stuart served mostly in Vilseck, Germany, but he also spent a tour in the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia as part of a peacekeeping mission with the United Nations. Stuart finished his service in Fort Benning, Ga., and was honorably discharged in 1996. Stuart is an educator with the school district of Palm Beach County and works at the administrative level as an instructional specialist at the Adult Education Center, says Allen West.

Key Issues:

• Limited Government – Focus on reducing the impact of government in our everyday lives

• Lower Taxes – More jobs and business opportunities create higher state revenues and lower taxes for all Floridians

• Fiscal Responsibility – State spending should be limited to the revenues available similar to that of Florida households

• Education

Common sense instead of Common Core. Let’s get back to the basics.

Provide teachers with a higher living professional wage as well as continued educational opportunities.