2006 Primary Election Candidate

Name: Shantu Shah

Race: First District Representative in Congress

Party: Democratic

Opponents: Pavel Goberman, Alexa Lewis, David Wu (D) in May 6, Primary

          Derrick Kitts (R) in General Elections

Residence: Raleigh Hills, Portland, Oregon

Age: 65 

Occupation: Engineering-Construction

Political history: Candidate for Washington Co PUD Commissioner, and Raleigh Water Board

Education: Post Baccalaureate Degree in Electrical and Telecommunications Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

Family: Wife employed by Reser’s Fine Foods, Two sons employed by PAE Consulting Engineers and Intel, and a daughter-in-law Performing Arts 

Graduate of Lewis & Clark College

Personal information: Rotarian, Social work, KBOO 90.7 FM Host on Environments East/West Sunday, Society for the Performing Arts of India; Interfaith Council of Greater Portland; Past Member of Beaverton Arts Council; India Cultural Association; and Gujarati Samaj of Portland, Past Member of Beaverton Trade Mission to Gotemba, Japan; and US Department of Commerce Trade Mission to Hong Kong and Singapore, (2) Peace Poems writer, Read, write, and speak four (4) languages: Gujarati, Hindi, Sanskrit, and English, Pro se attorney, traveled internationally, interest in bridge playing and basketball games, hosted Beaverton Sister City and Rotary International Group Study, Friendship, and Youth Exchanges, personal home library bridging 3000 years BC Vedic literature to 21st Century biography, “Triumph of Will (Italy Born) Sonya Gandhi” granddaughter-in-law of First P.M. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.  

Last book read: Character Profiles in Presidential Courage, by Chris Wallace (Chapter 4: “Breaking The Bank, Andrew Jackson and the Second National Bank”

Quotes: 

1) “Peace is Powerful, War is Weakness” Shantu Shah

2) “Even if you are in a minority of one Truth is still the Truth” M.K. Gandhi

3) “Ocean is just a drop only, if I did not add the drop the ocean would be one drop less” Mother Teresa

4) “One step in front of another will take you anywhere” 98-year young Granny D signed her book after her talk on March 11, at PSU. 

Questions:

It would be inappropriate for me to comment on the following state legislature questions as Congress does not have control over Oregon legislation. Rather than giving my detailed opinion I would just give my short answer to each as it relates to federal legislation.

Do you support requiring autos sold in Oregon to meet California's tougher clean-air standards? 

Yes, it should at least exceed Federal Standards set for the states.

What specific changes would you make to improve the quality of Oregon's public colleges and universities? 

Higher education is not just the state responsibility but also that of the US Congress to compete with the 21st Century world economies in Asia and Europe.

Would you support an increase in the cigarette tax to pay for health programs?

Health-programs are the equal responsibility of State and Congress.

Where can people contact you (phone number, Web site):

Phone: 503-245-1722, Cell: 503-890-0012, Web: http://Shah4USCongress.bllgspot.com