From: mjhines@ix.netcom.com(Mark Hines)
Date: 5 Dec 1995 20:48:25 GMT
Americus Times Recorder
November 16, 1995
By Dean Polling
Thompson News Service
CANDIDATE WANTS SHIELDS DOWN ON UFO COVER-UP
VALDOSTA -- Ed Komarek is stumping for the 2nd District congressional seat on an unusual platform -- ending what he calls a "50 year-old government cover-up on UFOs."
The Grady County resident is a co-founder of Operation right To Know, a UFO political activist group.
"The two greatest issues facing the human race today are over-population that results in environmental degradation and the impact of the reality of cosmic, spacefaring civilizations on Earth societies," Komarek said.
"The problem is that these two issues are so vast that many people can't see the forest for the trees. All the lesser issues obscure the larger issues that unless resolved will continue to participate the collapse of civilization as we know it."
During a recent visit to Valdosta to announce his campaign here, Komarek said his fight to compel the U.S. government to release information on UFOs proves he does not plan to conduct business as usual, if he is elected.
"I consider myself an activist and a statesman, not a politician. In fact by background shows that I am a sandspur, a thorn in the side of politicians that think they, rather than the people, know best," he said.
Both Komarek and Operation co-founder, Mike Jamieson, decided to run for Congress as a "further assault upon the wall of denial and ridicule surrounding the UFO subject," he said.
Jamieson is running for the California 1st District seat. Komarek is running for Rep. Stanford Bishop's seat. Both seats are up for election next year.
Komarek said he is trying to get an early start on the election by drumming up grassroots support. He has visited area newspapers. A hand-lettered election sign is mounted in the bed of his Ford pickup truck.
Komarek and Jamieson say their UFO fight is only one issue they plan to address during their individual campaigns. and if elected; however "the UFO issue is a very important issue that needs to be discussed and debated openly amongst the public and politicians without fear of ridicule," Jamieson said.