Candidate Biography (submitted by candidate):

Michael Beezley was born in Oklahoma City in 1959. After graduating from high school in 1977, he entered the US Navy and received training as an electronics technician and a nuclear reactor operator.

He applied for and received a NROTC scholarship at the University of Oklahoma and studied electrical engineering and graduated with distinction in December 1983. He was commissioned an Ensign in the US Navy and served on active duty from 1983 to 1989. During this time, his service included three and a half years on the fast attack submarine, USS Puffer (SSN-652).

After leaving the US Navy in 1989, he moved with his family to Maryland and lived there until 1992. He moved with his family to Cary, North Carolina in 1992 and has lived in Cary every since.

He and his wife Julie were married in 1985 and have six children; Shay (23), Jackson (20), Owen (17), Tabitha (13), Jeth (11), and Asa (8). Their two oldest children and Julie are currently attending college and their four younger children attend public schools in Wake County. The family attends Peace Presbyterian Church in Cary.

Michael Beezley is the President of Apogee Consulting Group, P.A., a professional design engineering and consulting firm he helped to start in 1999. Apogee Consulting Group provides mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design engineering and consulting services to clients nationwide. Apogee's main office is located in Raleigh with satellite offices in Columbia, Maryland and Indianapolis, Indiana. Apogee employs 14 people that include professional engineers, project managers, designers, CAD technicians, and administrative support.

Michael Beezley is a professional engineer and licensed in North Carolina, 34 other states and the District of Columbia.

I am Michael Beezley and I am honored to be the Republican nominee for North Carolina Senate District 16. This great country of ours was founded on freedom. I will work for solutions that protect our freedoms and enhance our way of life. Every law that is passed should be considered in the light of freedom. Will the law make us more free or less free? If it makes us less free, are the supposed gains worth the cost of freedom.

Government should serve a limited, yet vital role. Our state budgets and subsequent tax rates should reflect this. I believe in people being rewarded, not penalized, for working hard and taking risks.

Along with freedom comes responsibility. Each of us has a responsibility to those around us to act and treat others the way we would like to be treated. When people violate the law and their responsibility, they should be punished, afforded the due process guaranteed by the Constitution.

Both regulatory laws and taxes should have sunset provisions. No tax or regulation should be forever. This approach will force our legislators to work in a way that protects our freedoms and enhances economic growth. Less government and lower taxes will stimulate the economy and provide for the economic growth we desire. This is Michael Beezley and I am asking for your vote for North Carolina Senate District 16. Thank you.