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1. 1. Greene County Online

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   Published on: 2/11/2006   Last Visited: 2/12/2006

   Mark Albertini, at right, a Chattanooga businessman who is seeing the Republican nomination to run for governor this year, is shown speaking Friday in the Greene County Courthouse to a local supporters and others.
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   Mark Albertini, a Chattanooga businessman who is seeking to be the Republican nominee to run this year for governor, met Friday with supporters in Greeneville.
   
   Albertini said his campaign motto is "Hope for the Future," and is symbolized by the acronym LIFE, which he said stands for: "Limited government, Individual responsibility, Faith and family first, and Entrepreneurial growth." He said he believes there is a need for a "real conservative" in the governor's office, but would like most to be remembered as "someone who tried to live for God" and "leave a godly heritage."
   
   A property manager and real estate developer, Albertini met Friday afternoon with about a dozen GOP supporters in the lobby of the Greene County Courthouse, and gave a short campaign speech. Several others stopped to listen as he spoke.
   
   The candidate, who said he will be 45 years old on Feb. 24, said he served four years in the U.S. Marine Corps, is a graduate of Tennessee Temple University in Chattanooga, and holds a master of divinity degree from Temple Baptist Seminary, also in Chattanooga. He is a native of Kingston, Mass., which lies between Boston and Cape Cod, and speaks with a New England accent.
   
   On his Internet site, www.MarkAlbertini.com, he states that he learned the value of hard work on his family's farm, harvesting cranberries.
   
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   He is a graduate of the John Marshall Law School in Atlanta, and took six years to work his way through that school , he said. But Albertini said he has never practiced law, focusing instead on real estate investments of various types for the past 15 years. He and his wife, Sharon, a registered nurse, have no children.
   
   He said his platform includes "making criminals pay," better health care, cleaner energy sources and energy independence, and ethics in government, in which "the governor needs to be a leader" and be worthy of "the people's trust."
   
   Albertini said he is "strongly pro-life" and as governor would try to help pass laws regulating abortion in the state. He also said he would "look at a constitutional amendment" to ban abortions.
   
   He said he opposes same-sex marriage as a violation of "God's laws," and, as governor, would stress measures to help build strong families.
   
   He also said he supports the ownership of firearms and is a member of the National Rifle Association.
   
   The immigration issue is an important one, Albertini said, and as governor, he would urge Congress to take seriously its constitutional obligation to deal with illegal immigration.
   
   Related to that, Albertini said, "If a person is not a citizen, he should not receive the benefits (from government) that working citizens receive," which were fought for by military veterans.
   
   ‘Freedom Is Not Cheap'
   
   He said he was pleased to see the Ten Commandments posted in the Greene County Courthouse's lobby. "As an attorney, I realize that our country and our laws are based on Biblical laws," Albertini said.
   
   As a veteran, he said, he would work as governor to support Tennessee's air and army national guards, just as "I support our president in Iraq." He said the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, "are just a brief glimpse of what could happen if we let our guard down."
   
   Protecting "our civilization" is costly, Albertini said, but history has shown, he said, that "Freedom is not cheap."
   
   ‘Have To Cut Back Programs'
   
   The Republican office-seeker said he is concerned that Gov.
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   Albertini said Tennessee's health care problem is like the country's, quoting President Bush's statement last week in Nashville where Bush said, "We have promised more than we can provide as a nation."
   
   "It's not going to be easy, but we are going to have to cut back programs," Albertini said, adding, "That may cost me the election."
   
   ‘Need To Teach Diligence'
   
   He said many of America's problems can be traced one way or the other to making things too easy on people. "We need to stop giving away stuff," he said, whether scholarships or welfare.
   
   "We need to teach diligence and the need to work," he continued.
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   If that happens," Albertini said, "values are for sale."
   
   Government in America was intended to regularly bring "fresh ideas" from people who have not been "hardened by the system," he said, and he made it clear that he believes he is such a person.

2. 2. Greene County Online

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   Published on: 2/25/2006   Last Visited: 2/26/2006

   Mark Albertini
   
   Mark Albertini, a Chattanooga property manager who trained as a lawyer, is running for governor.
   
   Albertini said he is pro-life, in favor of reducing taxes, "strong against crime," and a supporter of traditional marriage.
   
   He said he favors making students earn their high school graduation, and would work to "ensure that illegal immigrants do not get the benefits we do." Albertini characterized his place on the political spectrum by saying, "I don't think you can get much farther to the right than I am."
   
   He asked for prayers and support, and thanked the audience.

3. 3. Greene County Online

   www.greenevillesun.com/index.p - [Cached]

   Published on: 2/25/2006   Last Visited: 2/25/2006

   Mark Albertini
   
   Mark Albertini, a Chattanooga property manager who trained as a lawyer, is running for governor.
   
   Albertini said he is pro-life, in favor of reducing taxes, "strong against crime," and a supporter of traditional marriage.
   
   He said he favors making students earn their high school graduation, and would work to "ensure that illegal immigrants do not get the benefits we do." Albertini characterized his place on the political spectrum by saying, "I don't think you can get much farther to the right than I am."
   
   He asked for prayers and support, and thanked the audience.