9-12 Candidate Jay La Suer, Sheriff, San Diego County
Posted by Nanette Kirsch on November 3, 2009 under 9/12 Candidates | 
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Jay La Suer
Sheriff, San Diego County
Primary: June 2010
General Election: November 2010
“They say the longest journey starts with a single step. We can take back America one area at a time by answering for ourselves, ‘Who are the candidates who can change things?’ The people of this nation have a choice; they can help candidates all over the country whom they believe are committed to change,” Jay La Suer, sheriff candidate for San Diego County, says. And, he points to the 9-12 movement as instrumental to this shifting paradigm.
“People are very aware of what a 9-12 candidate is,” La Suer says. “I didn’t expect many people to be familiar with it. I think right now people are just a little gun-shy about candidates; there is some value to saying that a 9-12 candidate has to believe in certain things.
“I gave a talk here. I was going over my background and said, ‘First of all I’m a 912 candidate.’ More than 120 people were there, and they all started applauding. I don’t know that liberals are tuned into it. I know conservatives are.”
A military veteran and officer of the peace for 31 years, La Suer says of his current race, “Local county sheriff is among the most powerful positions in America today because it can affect the most immediate changes. For example, you can take a sanctuary county and immediately change it. You establish the fact that you’re there, and you establish the law to protect everyone. Then you enforce that law. If you’re a criminal, you will go to jail. If you’re in our country illegally, and you’ve violated our laws, we’ll turn to our state laws to arrest you, prosecute you and ship you out of this country.”
Is America good, as the 9-12 principles claim? “I believe America is the best nation ever on the face of the earth. My father told taught me that I owed a debt to my ‘Uncle Sam’ because of all the opportunity I had living here. That’s why I enlisted in the military. I think it’s the best nation in the world.”
La Suer served in the La Mesa City Council from 1990-2000 and the California State Assembly from 2000-2006, where one of his proudest achievements was receiving the Legislator of the Year award from the California State Sheriff’s Association while in the state assembly.
His decision to run for office this time, he says, was in direct response to what he saw going on in the country. “I wasn’t even considering it a year ago. When I was young, my dad said, ‘You’ll never know the America I knew. Your rights have been taken away from you slowly.’ I feel that way now, that we’re losing our country.”
To fellow 9-12ers, La Suer says, “If you unite and come together, that’s how you affect change. If we’re not united we can’t win anything.”
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About the Author:
Nanette Kirsch is a married mother of four and marketing communication professional in Tyler, Texas, who identifies herself as conservative. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pa. She currently serves as editor-in-chief for 912Candidates.org, creating and posting submissions from volunteers and guest authors about 9-12 candidates. She may be contacted at editor@912candidates.org.
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