Glading Announces Campaign Theme:
The People’s House is Not For Sale

Independent, unbossed congressional candidate
announces three-point pledge

BARRINGTON – Dale Glading, candidate for U.S. Congress in New Jersey’s 1st District, announced today his campaign theme for the general election race: “The People’s House is Not For Sale.” A three-point pledge accompanied Glading’s new campaign theme, outlined below.

“For too long, the career politicians and the Norcross machine have been selling the 1st District seat in Congress to the highest bidder,” Glading said. “It’s time to put a stop to pay-to-play politics, where party bosses trade campaign contributions for access to power.”

The three points of Glading’s reform pledge are:

(1) End pay-to-play and quid pro quo politics
It is time to put a stop to the corrupt earmark system in Congress. Career politicians trade federal handouts – in other words, our taxpayer dollars – to big corporations in exchange for huge campaign contributions. Dale Glading pledges not to request any federal earmarks in Congress. We cannot justify allowing career politicians to use our money to sell their office to big corporate donors.

(2) Reform the campaign finance system
The Norcross machine has sold the 1st Congressional District seat to the highest bidder. Financiers who wish to get in the good graces of Boss Norcross write big campaign checks to his candidates in order to win his favor. Dale Glading pledges to support federal campaign spending limits, indexed to inflation, that limit the ability of party bosses and financiers to trade campaign contributions for access to power.

(3) Implement congressional term limits
The Founding Fathers never intended for service in Congress to be a career. New Jersey is represented by a senator who has spent 24 years in Washington, and the 1st Congressional District’s most recent representative has spent 19 years there – and we, the taxpayers, have paid their salaries. Dale Glading pledges to serve no more than six terms (12 years) in Congress.

“I am running for Congress to represent the people of the 1st District, not the party bosses or the big-money financiers,” Glading concluded. “I will never sell out to the big corporations or the special interest lobbyists. It's time the 1st District had a congressman who is unbossed and unbought.”

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About Dale Glading

Dale Glading, 48, is the Founder and Executive Director of The Saints Prison Ministry. Headquartered in Moorestown, New Jersey, "The Saints" is the largest athletic prison ministry in the country with branch offices in Charlotte, NC, and Colorado Springs, CO.

A lifetime resident of South Jersey, Dale earned a Bachelor of Science degree with summa cum laude honors in Community Recreation from Temple University in 1981. He served as Recreation Director at the Wiley Christian Retirement Community for 10 years before entering full-time ministry with The Saints in 1994.

Dale and his wife Deanna have been married for 23 years and have three children: Bethany (21), Matthew (18), and Christopher (17). A licensed minister, Dale is also a published author, a popular editorial writer and a sought-after public speaker.

Please visit www.DaleGlading.com for more information about Dale and his campaign.

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