{"id":78,"date":"2019-04-25T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoyre.no\/kristiansand\/aktuelt\/portrettintervju_espen_saga\/"},"modified":"2019-04-25T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T20:00:00","slug":"portrettintervju_espen_saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoyre.no\/kristiansand\/aktuelt\/portrettintervju_espen_saga\/","title":{"rendered":"Portrettintervju: Espen Saga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"preamble\">Espen Saga er en kjent mann i Kristiansand H\u00f8yre, og har f\u00e5tt 13. plass p\u00e5 v\u00e5r liste til kommunevalget 2019. Espen bor p\u00e5 Lund i Kristiansand og vi har stilt han noen kjappe sp\u00f8rsm\u00e5l for at dere kan bli bedre kjent med han.n n<\/p>\t\t\t<div class=\"post-meta wp-block teft-byline-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"signature\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teft-byline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>H\u00f8yres redaksjon<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">Sist oppdatert: 25. april 2019<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"reading-time\" itemprop=\"timeRequired\" content=\"PT3M\"><em>Ca. 3 minutter lesetid<\/em><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sharing\">\n\t\t<a class=\"share-button share-link copy-link\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/hoyre.no\/kristiansand\/aktuelt\/portrettintervju_espen_saga\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Del link<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"share-button share-twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Portrettintervju: Espen Saga&#038;url=https:\/\/hoyre.no\/kristiansand\/aktuelt\/portrettintervju_espen_saga\/&#038;hashtags=Hoyre\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Del p\u00e5 twitter<\/span><\/a>\n\t\t<a class=\"share-button share-facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/hoyre.no\/kristiansand\/aktuelt\/portrettintervju_espen_saga\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Del p\u00e5 facebook<\/span><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"hoyre-image-wrapper\"><div class=\"hoyre-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"850\" src=\"https:\/\/hoyre.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/11\/espen_saga_dsc_3348.jpg\" class=\"attachment-scaled size-scaled\" alt=\"Bystyremedlem Espen Saga\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoyre.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/11\/espen_saga_dsc_3348.jpg 850w, https:\/\/hoyre.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/11\/espen_saga_dsc_3348-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoyre.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/11\/espen_saga_dsc_3348-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hoyre.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2020\/11\/espen_saga_dsc_3348-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/div><\/figure><div id=\"hoyre-old-article-content-wrapper\"><p>nn  <b>Personalia<\/b>n  <br \/>Jeg er 39 \u00e5r, bor p\u00e5 Lund og har 3 barn p\u00e5 3, 6 og 9 \u00e5r.n  <br \/>n  <br \/>n  <b>Utdanning<\/b>n  <br \/>\u00d8konomi og finans fra Handelsh\u00f8yskolen BI<\/p>n<p>n  <b>Jobberfaring<\/b>n  <br \/>Foruten flere \u00e5r som heltidspolitiker (r\u00e5dgiver i H\u00f8yre lokalt og nasjonalt, samt r\u00e5dgiver for tidligere ordf\u00f8rer Arvid Grundekj\u00f8n) har jeg jobbet som portef\u00f8ljeforvalter i et investeringsselskap og som r\u00e5dgiver i PR byr\u00e5et Burson-Marsteller. De siste \u00e5rene har jeg drevet eget konsulentfirma innenfor tjenester som finansiell kommunikasjon, PR, samfunnskontakt og eiendom.n  <br \/>n<\/p>n<h2>n<b>Hvorfor ble du politisk aktiv?<\/b><br \/><\/h2>n<p>n  Jeg meldte meg inn i H\u00f8yre i 1999 da jeg var 18 \u00e5r og gikk p\u00e5 Gimle vgs. Den gang var det H\u00f8yres ideologi om frihet for enkeltindividet og forandre for \u00e5 bevare som ga meg en slags \u00e5penbaring.n  <br \/>n  <br \/>Jeg f\u00f8lte meg med en gang hjemme i et parti som H\u00f8yre og har siden hatt et sterkt \u00f8nske om \u00e5 bidra til H\u00f8yres fremgang og vekst.<\/p>n<h2><b>Forn\u00f8yd mednnominasjonen?<\/b><\/h2>n<p>Jeg m\u00e5 si at den listen som Kristiansand H\u00f8yre stiller med i dette valget er sv\u00e6rt sterkt. Det er mange utrolig flinke og dyktige kandidater p\u00e5 listen og det har helt klart v\u00e6rt en berikelse for oss fra \u00abgamle Kristiansand\u00bb og f\u00e5 med s\u00e5 mange flinke og dyktige folk fra S\u00f8gne og Songdalen.n<\/p>n<p>Det er en god miks av mennesker med politisk erfaring og folk som kommer utenfra med andre erfaringer og kompetanse. <\/p>n<p>Selv har jeg v\u00e6rt ute fra politikken i denne perioden, men f\u00f8r det var jeg med i tre perioder, b\u00e5de som representant og r\u00e5dgiver. Jeg er imidlertid helt klar over at ingen lever p\u00e5 gamle bragder og hadde ingen intensjoner om noe free ticket p\u00e5 nominasjonslisten. Er derfor ydmyk og glad for \u00e5 ha f\u00e5tt en god plassering. Det gir motivasjon til en spennende valgkamp.n  <br \/>n<\/p>n<h2><b>Hvilke hjertesaker har du?<\/b><\/h2>n<p>Min st\u00f8rste politiske hjertesak er for s\u00e5 vidt ikke en enkeltsak, men mer en holdning til de politiske sakene. Jeg er veldig opptatt av at det skal v\u00e6re grenser for politikk og at det m\u00e5 v\u00e6re den enkelte person selv som skal f\u00e5 velge i de aller fleste saker. 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