Congressional District 23 (FL) has more square footage than Rhode Island and includes the following five counties: Palm Beach, Broward, Hendry, St. Lucie, Martin.  The present and former bastions of sugar production such as Belle Glade, Clewiston, Pahokee, and South Bay are in this district as well as the more urban areas of West Palm Beach, and Delray Beach.  By and large, the people who live and work in this district are perpetually subjected to diminishing job opportunities, a sub-par educational system, sub-standard Health Care, increasing crime, and a general sense of bleakness.

Categorically, the people of Florida’s 23rd Congressional District are much less concerned with Party labels and national politics; but rather, they are looking for a good, honest person who can deliver them from their present ills.  The Thorpe ‘08 candidacy represents the dawning of a new day throughout Florida’s 23rd Congressional District.

Anchored by my longstanding tradition of caring for others as a Physician, father, and neighbor, I will deliver a brighter day for the people of CD23-FL once I am elected in 2008.

Let us move onward with a sense of purpose and destiny, my friend.

Sincerely,

Marion D. Thorpe, Jr., M.D., M.P.H.