Last year the majority party shut down the minority party’s ability to debate bills by limiting the time to speak for or against a bill to one hour. This year they sought to shut down the people’s rights to testify concerning a bill. As a representative, I will be the first petitioner for the people. I will fight to defend the rights of citizens to speak. I will object and stand against silencing or censoring the people. I’m committed to voting against policies to limit our freedoms of religion, speech, peaceful assembly, and petitioning our government. I will stand for our Constitutional rights!

In 2021 Senate Bill 21-067 was passed in our legislature. It requires schools to teach civics, which sounds great. However, this bill opened the door to teaching many other topics such as the 1619 Project and Critical Race Theory. The teaching of our true history has been removed from schools and an anti-American narrative has been put forth. This narrative has been reinforced in our colleges, through the media, and Hollywood.

We need to get back to jurisdictional integrity. School boards should be making the decisions about curriculum and not the state. The truth about America’s history needs to be taught along with what it means to be an American and why that’s of value.

When our legislature passes 500 plus new bills in a session, those become new rules to live by. These bills and new regulations affect businesses which in turn affects the economy.
Small businesses are the backbone of our economy. I will advocate for reducing regulatory burdens. Innovation is squelched with over-regulation, however, creating a business-friendly environment will spur job creation and stimulate local economic growth.

Being a good steward of our water resources is a priority. I’m very concerned with the development and overbuilding taking place in our county. As Colorado also supplies water to other states, we have to demand that our county and state officials ensure the infrastructure is in place before allowing more development and building. 

If elected, I will support jurisdictional integrity. Power needs to go back to local school boards. Parents and school districts know their community best. When there is a working partnership between the schools and families, student success will be the priority.

As an educator, I believe student outcomes will improve when the focus is back on basics and students, parents, teachers and administrators are held accountable. The lack of discipline support and student accountability in many schools is alarming and diminishes the success of students.

I believe that parents should have the right to choose the best educational setting for their children, whether it be public, private, charter, or homeschooling. I will advocate for that right to choose.

Regardless of being elected or not, as a citizen of the United States I will always defend the rights of the 1st Amendment. Regardless of if I am in a private conversation or speaking to the town square. When elites through the media, or through governmental oversight try to cancel anyone from their 1st Amendment rights, I will lead the charge to dismantle that threat.

All peoples in the United States under the 1st Amendment are protected to peaceful assembly to protest or voice their anti- Americanism and anti-Semitism. I don’t like it personally, but as a constitutional enforcer I believe it is their right. What is missing is the solution of how to decrease these sharp expressions of anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism. I think we know the cause, which is a current federal government run by radical leftists through the media ginning up conflict to move an ideology or mission when it comes to dividing America. The solution is to intervene in unlawful and violent assembly, and to discuss the issues with leaders on the other side during peaceful assembly.

I would eliminate the state income tax. I would eliminate property taxes for homeowners who have paid off their mortgages. I would enforce a homestead exemption of at least 25,000 per year of any homeowner that does pay property taxes and has no age or homestead regulations attached. These legislative ideas would be incentives for people to consider moving to Colorado. After removing the state income tax, Colorado would not need tabor because the money saved would stay in the pockets of the citizen. I would oversee the budget and remove wasteful spending and wasteful programs and redirect monies to causes like elderly, vets, police and fire, school, infrastructure such as energy and water resources.

I am for parental rights. I do not condone improper book material involving homosexuality, bestiality, transgender, DEI, CRT, or wokism in our public schools. I am a firm believer that the Federal Department of the NEA should be abolished, and that each US State has their own educational system based upon the state legislatures regarding the basics, such as reading, writing, arithmetic, civics, and science. I believe a parent should have total control of their minor child not the educator and have the choice for their child to enter either a private, charter, homeschool, or public school system.

In the last session and in the House Chamber, the first amendment right of freedom of speech were withheld on multiple occasions. That behavior is not right and our party were very vocal about our rights being violated. The other freedoms in the First Amendment may not have been suppressed in the session, they are very important. We must let anyone take these rights away from us.

I am personally quite disappointed in this rise of anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism. While I can’t really know the cause of this behavior, I can suggest my thoughts and views. I do see a decrease in the pride of our country and an increase in tolerance of nay- sayers about the USA. To change this behavior, I think the families have to get involved. Pride of your family, community, and country begin at home. I do not believe that schools are doing a good enough job teaching about the greatness of the USA and why we are great. Back to the Basics is my advice. Focus on what is important, and What our Country is Important.

I believe that the state government is becoming too large. I see bills that are just for a select area of the state but all the state will be affected. I see bills that assess a fee on a function of government that should have been paid for by the taxes we send to Denver. I see a concerted effort to kill the oil, gas, and coal industry because those industries create too much pollution according to some. I see too many regulations and restrictions being placed on businesses that end creating more problems than solutions and sending these businesses to other states.

I feel it is important to be a good steward of the environment.

As a retired teacher, curriculum developer, and staff development manager, I feel very strongly that education is slipping backwards. The pandemic did not help, but education was already on a downhill slide. I believe that education must focus on basics, focus on high standards of achievement, and have universal expectations of student success. I have spoken frequently against bills that take away parental rights. I believe that school choice is a way for more students to achieve their potential. Parents know their children best, and the school has no right to go behind a parent’s back to promote an idea or policy. But i can not let the parents off the hook – they are responsible for their children.