Candidate for Missouri House of Representatives - District 69 in 2018 Missouri 2018 General Election.
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Get StartedI will vote for any bill to: Build upon the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act to further limit allowable gestational ages abortion can occur, ideally to standards such as first trimester and prior to a detectable heart beat. Further I will not vote for and will use any means necessary to prevent repeal of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and any bill that would allow abortions to occur past a point of viability outside the womb. Require abortion procedures to be performed by medical professionals in appropriate medical facilities among doctors with hospital admitting privileges. Prohibit and taxpayer funding to private entities which provide or promote abortions, especially organizations such as Planned Parenthood with ideology rooted in racism and eugenics and with goals of generational genocide. Protect medical professionals and health care organizations who refuse to perform such services as conscientious objectors. Streamline and reduce red tape from the adoption process to allow more willing adoptive parents to raise children that their birth mothers cannot for any reason, ideally seeking to make adoption as affordable and easily accessible as abortion is today. Allow criminal charges and civil suits against anyone who coerces a pregnant woman into having an abortion, provides untruthful information about the abortion process or the rights and choices women have in deciding how to handle their pregnancy. Make birth control more easily accessible by eliminating or increasing caps on the number of refills allowable per prescription, thus leaving the decision in the hands of doctors and their patients. Especially for those without health insurance, it isn’t the cost of the monthly prescription that is prohibitive but rather the cost of an office visit, a visit which is often arbitrary if the pills are working well and the patient doesn’t have any concerns. Learn more
Legalization of marijuana in our state and expungement of all criminal records pertaining to crimes based on marijuana possession. Some decriminalization of the use and possession of other, more dangerous drugs with an aim of getting drug addicts into medical rehabilitation programs rather than putting them behind bars. Eliminating mandatory minimum sentences for crimes without a clear victim and allowing judges to individually evaluate such cases to decide upon appropriate sentencing. Establishing recommended minimum sentences for crimes against persons or property, such as rape, assault, robbery, burglarly and others. The ability to hold judges and parole boards accountable for failure to incarcerate and providing early release or parole for criminals convicted of crimes against persons or property if they reoffend while free when they shouldn’t be. Learn more
Decriminalization of possession of non-prescribed opioids in personal amounts, as incarceration is not suitable medical treatment and addicts mustn’t be afraid to come out of the shadows and seek the help they need. Reallocation of resources spent on tracking and enforcement systems towards rehabilitation treatment programs, facilities and personnel. End stigmas and restrictions against medication-based opioid recovery treatments, an example being ibogaine given its success rate in other countries. Learn more
I would listen to the ideas and concerns of our Board of Education, our administrators, our teachers, our parents and even our students. Accomplishing the core goal of shifting as much decision-making authority towards our school district and away from Jeff City as possible opens the doors for the best and brightest ideas to come forward. As State Representative, I want to open those doors and then I want to hear those suggestions from the people who know best. Learn more
If any resolution comes before our statewide legislature regarding a St. Louis City-County merger I will vote in a manner which is neither inherently pro or anti-merger. Those are decisions for St. Louisans, not Jeff City legislators, and I will keep open the appropriate doors for St. Louisans to have such a say. But I will vehemently oppose any effort to afford a vote on this matter to anyone who lives outside of St. Louis County or City. As a private citizen I oppose a merger, but I’m open to new ideas. As a legislator, I’ll have no tolerance for monkey business meant to achieve the desires of special interests by abusing and circumventing democracy. Learn more
I will always be open to an honest conversation of how we resolve issues of gun violence, but not at the expense of a fundamental and necessary constitutional right, particularly when the existence of that right is not directly attributable to the problem. Learn more
while I’m in office, count on me to get government out of your doctor’s office and out of your insurance company’s policy-making. You’ll choose your doctor, you’ll choose your health plan, innovation in treatment effectiveness will be rapid and costs will decline quickly. Learn more
Missouri smokers who wish to quit need all the help they can get. That’s why if I’m elected I will seek to stop any attempt to treat these products through taxation and regulation like their deadlier counterparts. Learn more
I will work to promote sound housing policies as much as within the state’s power as possible and empower our school district and local governments as much as possible to make policy consistent with the needs of our community. Learn more
If elected I would lead the charge and introduce a bill building on best practices from other states to afford homeowners associations a uniform legal structure and protect the private property rights of homeowners from unreasonable restrictions and limitless assessments. Learn more
We can’t end the system overnight without harming people depending upon it. But we can begin reforming it today in a way that helps people prosper instead of trapping them in generational poverty while gradually reducing spending on and the need for such programs. Learn more
I will be a tireless advocate for meaningful, even life-changing, tax cuts for Missouri taxpayers and businesses. I don’t want to cut your income taxes by 0.5%; I want to bring us as closely as possible to total elimination of income taxes. Learn more
I pledged to cut taxes and spending, and if elected I will stand as an obstacle to any Missouri Democrat or Republican who aims to harm our consumers, taxpayers and small businesses by taking money that doesn’t belong to them. I have also stated and stand by my opposition to phony tax cuts, where one rate falls as another rises equally or greater. Learn more
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