By Dan Samaria
Publisher/GCC
Nov. 18, 2009

We at the Chronicle continually seek creative, knowledgeable, hard working Americans to join our staff.

We would like to introduce you to Kathy Pledger, who will be President of Marketing for Gold Coast Chronicle and Young Chronicle our children website www.youngchronicle.com.

Kathy will also be writing articles for both on-line news sites.

We believe at Gold Coast Chronicle, Kathy Pledger will be a great asset given her experience, abilities and Passion.

The best way to know her is to her hear in her own words who she is.

Kathy Pledger

By Kathy Pledger

Let me begin by qualifying myself as somewhat atypical as I am an experiential learner in this journey called ‘life’. As I reflect on my life, it becomes very obvious how it all ties into the present.

One life changing experience occurred in 7th grade, in Cape Girardeau, MO. Most people may be familiar with Cape Girardeau, MO, because Rush Limbaugh put us on the map. In 7th grade, all the grade schools consolidated into one school in preparation for Junior High. I ran for President against 3 boys and won. I enjoyed that roll and got ridiculed by my grade school friends… yet again.

This is around the age that one determines deep within what they want to be when they grow up. I deeply wanted to understand people, because from about 2nd or 3rd grade on, I never could understand the cruelty of people, and those people were my childhood peers.

The young girl that won the Presidency had a difficult time growing up in that conservative discriminating town as a bi-racial child. My mother is Korean and my father is an all American blonde hair, blue eyed Caucasian. Children only know what they are taught, and sadly at that age the vast majority is from their parents.

Sometime after high school I moved to St. Louis, MO, and eventually obtained my BS in Marketing with a minor in International Business. I held various positions in business, and as product manager with a major Midwest oil corporation.

From there I married my Canadian husband, and moved to Northern IN to pursue my Master’s Degree at a private University in Southern MI, in Counseling Psychology. Upon completion of my degree I returned to business as General Manager of a local transportation company, then on to Director of Marketing for a publicly held national transportation corporation. I was hired with the understanding they were establishing a team comprised of individuals, savvy in business to save this company from bankruptcy, but it was too late. I was downsized in a branch the recreational vehicle industry, before it became “the RV graveyard capital” in today’s dreadful economy.

My life experiences tie into our political climate today… racial discrimination, Presidency, Congress, understanding people, counseling, job loss, etc. Here is where my Canadian husband comes into play. Not once did I have a need to understand Socialized medicine. I refuse to call it “health care” that’s a misnomer as there is no “health” concerned, nor “care” considered or given. People suffer needlessly and die prematurely due to BIG Government dictating every move of the physician, while capping their salary. His mother died prematurely of cancer in Canada, as recently as June 13, 2009. This is a well-known fact, as her Canadian son-in-law is a practicing physician in FL. His aunt had to wait one year for a knee replacement. So those Socialist issues, depth in meaning, and my ability to empathize really hit “close to home”.

At the same time, I got onto Face book for one friend, and from there it snowballed into to high school. All the while, I watched Fox News, Glenn Beck, listened to Rush Limbaugh, and reconnected my friendship with his cousin Andy Limbaugh from high school. When I exhausted a multitude of graduating classes by utilizing my networking and marketing skills I began to realize I am truly emboldened with a political passion.

My first influential encounter that truly inspired me, and continues to do so to this day is Major General Paul E. Vallely, (Retired) US Army & and Former Fox News Military Analyst. Paul exemplifies patriotism at its absolute very best. From that point forward I began to successfully blaze a political networking trail on Face book.