JIM GRIFFIN
for
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY
Born: June 29, 1929 Buffalo, New York
Family:
Married Margaret E. McMahon
3 children
Maureen(Tomczak), Megan, and Tom
Education:
St. Brigid's School
Our Lady of Victory H.S.
Erie County Technical Institute
Military Service:
Enlisted Private-February 1951
Honorably Discharged November 1953 - lst. Lieutenant.
Served in 82nd Airborne as paratrooper
Ranger Trained and saw action in Korea as an Infantry Platoon Leader
Political Experience:
16 years as Mayor of Buffalo, New York (Longest term in city history)
11 years as New York State Senator
4 years as Buffalo Councilman.
Accomplishments:
Kept city and school property tax increases to 3 and 1/2% per year
for 16 years.
Balanced 16 yearly Budgets.
Reduced City work force from 4,377 to 3,301; a 24.6% reduction
through attrition.
Created 15,000 Jobs through 531 loans in the amount of $110 million.
Total investment of $532.8 million.
Built 1020 affordable, Single family homes---not one foreclosure.
Gave free paint for 25,268 structures
Demolished 7,863 dilapidated buildings and rehabilitated 7,566 others
---total investment $305 million.
Developed Buffalo's Waterfront, Downtown, and Neighborhoods.
Built Pilot Field, finest Minor League Stadium in the United States.
From 1978 to 1993 not one major Strike or work stoppage in the
private or public sector in Buffalo.
Worked with Business Community and other Governments
for Buffalo's Development
Goals:
Work for a Balanced Federal Budget.
Reduce Federal Government and work to reduce Waste and Fraud
in Federal Programs.
Send American Troops to Foreign Lands only in the most
Vital interest of our country.
Keep jobs and investment in the United States
Have an Economic Development Program with input
from the Business Community
Elect Federal District Judges, Magistrates, and U.S. Attorneys
and appoint U.S. Supreme Court Justices for l--15 year terms.
Reform Federal Election Law - eliminate Political Action Committees
Reform the Welfare System by bolstering the American Family