Candidate for Utah House of Representatives - District 64 in 2018 Utah 2018 General Election.
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Get StartedIn other words, growing while achieving and sustaining prosperity for all, native and newcomer. To do this will require tradeoffs between developers and regulators, between consumers and conservationists, between necessity and fairness. Learn more
Unless funding is increased dramatically and undivertedly, unless teachers are paid and resourced well beyond the status quo, students will continue to be shortchanged, their educations and prospects stunted as the legacy of knotted purse strings. Learn more
Three proposals here, one of them for elections, namely, ranked-choice voting. Its efficiency and validity commend it as a preferred alternative to traditional methods involving primary elections. Instead of casting one vote for one candidate, the voter chooses between candidates by rank-ordering them (1, 2, 3, . . .). Elections results are tallied according to candidates’ overall rankings. Learn more
Also, terms of electoral service should be limited to stanch the infection that is political careerism and the equation of representation to re-election. For example, if elected to the Utah House, I will serve no longer than four years. Learn more
Contribution limits should be established in order to eliminate the inequity and stanch the obvious danger of distorted loyalties. Learn more
Whether involving public transportation, public utilities, public amenities, or other public services, the spotlight falls on brokenness, moldiness, outmodedness, neglect, unsafeness, uselessness, or inconvenience. “Get it fixed!” is hardly responsible demand. Instead, wisdom—the sort that saves in the long term—may insist that future-cost funding for replacement or repair invariably be paired with new construction. Learn more
I suggest four steps for legislators’ to take. First, to identify the discrete categories of family to which legislation should be addressed. Second, to identify and rank order the discrete needs in each category. Third, to identify already-successful legislation (in the US and abroad) that fits those needs directly (or, if none exists, to propose creative legislative prototypes). Finally, to craft legislation that is both on target, vetted for unanticipated consequences, and passable. Make sure it always includes provision for ongoing review of relevant results and retuning. Learn more
Potential remediation is obvious and should be pursued energetically and with eyes wide open. Shrink the tax code to bite-size. Incentivize payment positively. Publicize easy-to-make-sense-of analyses of tax inequities and inefficiencies as well as recommended policy adjustments for extending the tax dollar. Learn more
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