Miller gets primary opponent

U.S. Rep. Brad Miller has an opponent in the Democratic primary.

Derald Haffner of Franklinton filed today to run for the 13th Congressional District seat held by Miller since 2002.

According to his campaign Web site, Haffner wants to dismantle the Federal Reserve, repeal No Child Left Behind and the Patriot Act, end the federal income tax, encourage local food production and avoid bailing out mortgage companies. He's pro-life and against gun control.

"It's a slippery slope that gives up freedoms to answer 'needs,'" he writes. "Our founding fathers in crafting the constitution clearly understood that rights come from God. Government is instituted to secure rights."

In 2007, Hafner served on the board of the National Organization for Raw Materials, an organization that believes in a "natural economic law" and opposes Keynesian economics.

Hafner's e-mail does not work, however, and the phone number listed on his Web site is for directory assistance in Massachusetts.