THE UTAH AMICUS

INTEGRITY: Steve Olsen was raised in rural Cache County. After a mission to Sweden, he married his high school sweetheart, Teri Caldwell. Steve worked his way through college while supporting a young family. Steve is currently a Principal Engineer with Autoliv Inc., and has a varied career in engineering, including work as a consultant in problem solving techniques. He was a monthly contributed to the Standard Examiner's editorial page from June 2000 to November 2005. Steve has over twenty years experience in Scouting and has served in many church responsibilities. Steve and Teri have three children (Jeni, a social worker; Chris a Navy submarine officer; and Bonnie, a paralegal) and three grandchildren.

Steve's life's work is solving problems, "I'm an engineer..., I have experience working with teams that have diverse, occasionally antagonistic ideas about the issues at hand, and then find accurate root causes and innovative solutions. Congress could use more people with good teamwork and problem solving skills."

Steve's main goal is to help save the middle class. Half of the wealth in our nation is now owned by the top 1% of our citizens, and the income ratio of the top one-fifth of the nation's wage earners to the bottom one-fifth is eleven to one and growing. Meanwhile, young couples trying to start families are finding it impossible to survive. Steve is also interested in changing the false cartoon-like images of Utah Democrats, and will work tirelessly to infuse our nation's Capitol with our good Utah values.

Steve supports President Bush's call for a line-item veto to stop wasteful pork-barrel spending, and Steve also believes that there are solutions to mending our nation's healthcare crisis. He wants to work in Congress to help find the solutions and strategies in developing an effective health care policies, and to keep Utah radioactive waste free.

The information above comes from Steve's brochure. What the brochure doesn't tell you is that Steve is currently serving as bishop of his ward in Plain City, Utah. It's my belief that our Democratic bishop is the best bishop to reperesent Utah's 1st District. He carries the true spirit of public service, and his intentions to represent Utah citizens, not special interest is absolute.