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Re:HMO: Help Me Out by davecolenj on Friday April 11, 2014 @02:54PM (#7574720)
HMO:

I'm a web developer from Mapbox / former White House tech advisor running for Congress. I released my campaign issues on GitHub: http://www.wired.com/2014/03/cole-platform/

I need help raising money to compete. Small donations welcome. http://coleforcongress.com/contribute

How I can help:

Happy to share my experience / advice with those interested in working in politics or government.

Once elected, I'll be a Representative in Congress who has worked in and understands tech. Here's where I stand on the issues: http://coleforcongress.com/issues/technology/ and a reddit AMA: www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/20wvx5/im_dave_cole_candidate_for_congress_nj2_a_coder/

dave [at] coleforcongress [dot] com

Re:HMO: Help Me Out by streptomycin on Friday April 11, 2014 @05:43PM (#7575799)
I grew up in your district and still have some friends+family there, some of whom are politically active. I'd happily put forward a good word for you if you had a sensible foreign policy statement on your Isseus page. But as far as I can tell, foreign policy seems to be left out? I understand you are taking pull requests, but I figure something that important should be written by you, at least for a first draft :)
Re:HMO: Help Me Out by gregcohn on Friday April 11, 2014 @02:56PM (#7574739)
OK i looked at your HN post, your splash page, and your home page, and I still don't know WHERE you're running for congress. Perhaps you could lay out the basic vitals and your qualifications or platform here?
Re:HMO: Help Me Out by davecolenj on Friday April 11, 2014 @03:09PM (#7574829)
New Jersey! The second district. It's most of South Jersey, from the Philly outer suburbs to Atlantic City, Long Beach Island, and Cape May -- and everything in between.

Here's my bio, albeit in campaign-speak: http://coleforcongress.com/about/

The basics:

- Worked on '08 Obama campaign as a data analyst and field organizer

- I moved WhiteHouse.gov to an open source CMS and released code back to the public

- Worked with other govt agencies to do the same

- Helped design and set up the first versions of the We the People petition platform

- Worked on the "the good part" of healthcare.gov

- Early member at Mapbox, helped develop platform and work with clients

- Running as a Democrat supporting infrastructure investments for improving schools and wiring rural and non-competitive areas for high-speed (fiber) internet access

- Strongly support network neutrality, protecting free and open internet, taking on patent trolls, ending NSA domestic surveillance and supporting outside expert oversight, to name a few

Even though this is NJ, it's the US Congress -- votes affect us all.

Re:HMO: Help Me Out by gregcohn on Friday April 11, 2014 @03:22PM (#7574929)
Thanks -- understood that the platform is national.
Re:HMO: Help Me Out by bmelton on Friday April 11, 2014 @07:12PM (#7576141)
Is there any convincing you that second amendment rights should be treated in parity with first, fourth and fifth amendment rights?

If not, I wouldn't be able to vote for you, but I wish you luck regardless.

Re:HMO: Help Me Out by jasonlotito on Friday April 11, 2014 @03:03PM (#7574789)
Not just on the logo, but on the Home Page: He’s running for Congress as a Democrat in New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District.
Re:HMO: Help Me Out by joshmlewis on Friday April 11, 2014 @02:58PM (#7574747)
It's on his site, albeit a little hard to see. South Jersey seems to be the place.
Re:HMO: Help Me Out by gregcohn on Friday April 11, 2014 @03:33PM (#7575033)
Good context here: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/04/hackin...

IMHO: this is worthy of our attention.