[edit] Background
- Mark Rauterkus of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Also see: Wikia:AforAthlete:Bradley_Swimmers and the LinkedIn Group for Bradley University Swimming, http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1296517
[edit] Family
[edit] Politics
- My hopes of getting onto the ballot in the November 7, 2006, general election for PA Senate, 42nd district, as an Independent, were terminated in August, 2006. I pulled out of the race while before a PA Judge in Harrisburg after making a case there for 30-minutes. This was just another story in how the power keeps the power and hires lawyers to harrass citizen candidates.
- In 2005 I ran for the same seat and got 2,542 votes in a three way race. I've run for public office in other instances in the past decade as well.
[edit] Traveler of the World
- We traveled four times to China, staying in Chengdu, Discovery Bay, Beijing and visits to other cities. Hundreds of photos from these trips are in the public domain.
- We spent two weeks in Canada in August 2006 at a swim and sports camp called Camp Chikopi, [1].
- We expect to travel to New Zealand in 2007 for up to six weeks.
- In 2008, our goal is to attend the Beijing Olympics as spectators.