Vote For a Leader Who Follows the U.S. Constitution
I firmly believe in upholding the U.S. Constitution that, “We the people of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, [must] establish [and maintain] justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity….”
If elected to the Idaho Legislature, I would base my decisions on the following criteria:
- Constituent’s concerns
- Personal morals and ethics
- Political platform
My Position on the Issues:
- Creating a vibrant 21st –Century public education system
- Supporting fair tax policies for families & small businesses
- Protecting 1st & 2nd Amendment rights
- Pro life, pro family
- Supporting the right to keep political party preference private
- Supporting equal human rights for women, minorities & children
- Forming a statewide independent ethics commission
- Keeping Lake Lowell open to all users
- Equal pay for equal work for men and women
- Balancing “school choice” with the needs of under-served populations
- Ensuring the redistricting process remain in the hands of citizens
- Supporting peer-reviewed, research-based best practices for schools
- Rejecting unwanted government intrusion into medical decisions
- Ensuring accountable, transparent and open government
If Elected to the Idaho Legislature, I will:
- Oppose privatization of Idaho’s schools and prisons
- Work to rebuild the morale of present and future Idaho teachers
- Support a consumer utility watchdog agency to monitor unfair utility rate hikes, which effects mostly the elderly and the poor
- Advocate for open primary elections
- Advocate for externally peer-reviewed researched best practices for schools
- Involve all primary stakeholders in substantive education policy making
- Seek common sense solutions with those of opposing political viewpoints
- Work to bring political balance to the three branches of Idaho government
- Advocate for term limits of elected officials
- Push for an independent ethics commission to evaluate ethics issues throughout state government
- Work to adequately fund Idaho’s public schools, recognizing that districts cannot rely upon supplemental levies for operational revenue year after year
- Work to change the funding mechanism for public schools away from sales tax back to property tax and equalize per student spending rates from district to district
- Support legislation for value-added processing capacity for agricultural products to create full servicing processing plants, or farm-to-market cooperatives
- Support legislation to make taxpayer funded out-of-state online education companies accountable and transparent
- Work to slow and repeal voter intimidation tactics
- Advocate for the Humanities and the Arts in all communities
- Help Idahoans remember that God gave us the earth to use, and, to take care of
