Candidate for Oklahoma House of Representatives - District 81 in 2020 Oklahoma General Election.
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Get StartedThis is why I support the Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform’s stances to Reduce Incarceration, Invest in Alternatives to Prison, and Keep Families Together. According to Elizabeth Warren, “Real reform requires examining every step of our system: From what we choose to criminalize, to how law enforcement and prosecutors engage with communities and the accused, to how long we keep people behind bars, how we treat them when they’re there, and how we reintegrate them when they return.”. Learn more
The way we chose to imprison people is just that, a choice. These choices disproportionately affect poor and marginalized communities. Our choices have led to our staggering incarceration rate. We imprison too many people! Drug crimes are by far and away the most common felony offenses in our state. Even with the 2016 referendum that reclassified minor drug possession and property crimes to misdemeanors Oklahoma still puts more men and women in prison per capita than any other state. Learn more
We must begin to treat our teachers and support staff like professionals. Therefore, we must pay them adequately, give them the support they need, and listen to their ideas about how education should be done. Instead we take dollars away from our public schools and give them to for profit charter schools. These for profit companies exploit our state and our schools. We have to do better for our communities. Learn more
I believe in a strong public school education that is equally accessible for all students. We must support all Oklahoma public schools, so that they can provide a high quality education for every student. I graduated from a rural public school and I believe Oklahoma's Public School System is what’s best for our state. Learn more
It is past time that we stop teaching to tests and start teaching to children’s creativity and critical thinking. We need social emotional learning in our schools as well as play based learning, especially in our early childhood programs. This kind of education takes pressure off of everyone in the classroom and creates a much richer environment for learning. Learn more
The funding our public schools receive is both deficient and unjust. The primary manner in which our public schools are funded creates these inequalities. We rely much too heavily on local property taxes to fund our schools. This creates a situation where lower income areas are caught in the cycle of decreasing property values and declining schools. Learn more
I have seen first hand that it is vital to have a solid infrastructure. My parents suffered through an inadequate county road and many people in my neighborhood have told me about the damage poor roads have done to their cars. This damage results in unnecessary expenses for hard working families. According to a recent report written by the American Society of Civil Engineers Oklahoma received a “D” for our quality of roads. Creating better infrastructure for our community not only creates safer driving conditions but it also creates good paying jobs for the many Oklahomans who are in desperate need. We can no longer ignore our roads, bridges, and railways. We have to create a system of oversight for our state’s funds so that the money we have can be spent properly. According to the ASCE “more than 70% of motor vehicle fees are diverted to non-transportation purposes.” In this and many other areas our leaders are not looking out for us and that must stop. Because of our leaders dismissive attitude toward our crumbling infrastructure our rural communities are unable to get the emergency care they need which will mean an increased loss of life to our neighbors and families. With your help I will go to the capitol and advocate for the roads we need. Learn more
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