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GREENWICH It's official. Phil Maymin, a "fiscal conservative" and "social liberal," announced Tuesday that he has received the mandatory 5,000 nomination signatures to appear on the ballot for the U.S. Congress' Fourth District race in Connecticut. A Libertarian, Maymin will run against Republican incumbent Christopher Shays and Democratic candidate Diane Farrell. "I'm here to represent those of us sick and tired of the stranglehold of how the two-party system has taken over our liberties," Maymin said during Tuesday's press conference at Maymin Capital Management, LLC,
222 Railroad Ave. "I stand for both social and economic freedom. I am more of a Republican than Shays and more of a Democrat than Farrell," he said. The Libertarian Party stands for bolstering liberty. Specifically, Libertarians are for a government with less control over property, lifestyle and interests and for a "freer" society for Americans, according to Maymin. "Have we truly consented to the limitations on what food we eat, what pills we take, what medical treatment we can pursue?" Maymin asked. "I am here to represent new directions for those who believe we have not
given our free consent." Maymin, 31, said he would have voted to "slash" taxes, and if it were up to him, Americans would not have gone to war in Iraq. He said both the Democratic and Republican parties permitted the Iraqi invasion. Maymin said his strategy to win the Nov. 7 election is much different than those of his opponents. He will utilize the Internet as his main source of media. "I am at an advantage because my Web site has an open forum and that is very different from other candidates," he said. Maymin's supporters have uploaded photos of themselves
at www.MayminForCongress.com to show their assistance to his campaign. "I'm not saying they will vote for me in the election," he said. "But those 5,000 signatures represent those who wanted a real choice, a real change." When asked about his tactics for funding his campaign, Maymin insisted he was not going be like Ned Lamont, the Greenwich millionaire who upset U.S. Sen. Joseph Liberman in the Aug. 8 Democratic primary. "Ned Lamont used primarily his own money," he said. "That is not the approach I'm going to use. I would like to focus on raising money. Now that we are on the ballot,
we are going to sincerely fund-raise." Maymin is hoping for a strong number of votes in Greenwich, Westport, where Farrell resides, and in Bridgeport, where Shays lives. "Shays has been in office 10 terms," he said. "Has government gotten smaller? Do you have more freedom? Of course not. It's time for Connecticut to lead again." A former resident of Westchester County, Maymin has lived in Greenwich for five years. He was born in Moscow and raised in Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University cum laude in three years with a degree in computer science and received a
master's in applied mathematics. He has been married to his wife, Yelena, for three years and they have a 7-month-old daughter. Azia Li Forrest is a staff reporter with the Greenwich Citizen, one of the Brooks Community Newspapers. | 
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