Candidate for Missouri House of Representatives - District 109 in 2018 Missouri 2018 General Election.
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I support: Creating a prescription drug monitoring program that covers the entire state to help prevent “doctor shopping”. Requiring hospitals and clinics perform a quarterly audit of all prescribers to ensure they are following hospital guidelines for the prescription of opioids. Requiring pharmaceutical companies that develop addictive drugs provide services to help those who become addicted to their products. Requiring the attorney general aggressively pursue any and all legal remedies when it is found that pharmaceutical companies are intentionally misleading doctors and patients about the effectiveness of drugs. Banning pharmaceutical companies from providing doctors with gifts or kickbacks. Learn more
I support: Looking at our overburdened regulatory system and rebuilding it to be lean, efficient, and promote entrepreneurship. Learn more
I support: Looking at our overburdened regulatory system and rebuilding it to be lean, efficient, and promote entrepreneurship. Actively working against any attempt to implement Right To Work legislation – the people of Missouri have spoken on this issue, and it is time for our government to listen. Working to ensure that community colleges have a platform that can promote investment and job diversity in local communities. Learn more
Limiting the number of out of state/out of country owned/operated CAFO operations in Missouri. Learn more
Providing adequate funding to ensure safety for children in classrooms, including investments in campus design and safety features that make it difficult for intruders to gain access to the classroom. Learn more
Advocating against open-enrollment and charter schools, which divert funds from rural school districts. Learn more
Provide teachers with flexibility to try new, innovative teaching methods. Learn more
A focus on improving technology training for all students, including enhancing computer training curriculum. Learn more
A focus on preparing students for trade-work as well as college education. Learn more
Working to ensure that community colleges have a platform that can promote investment and job diversity in local communities. Learn more
Promote policies that reduce bullying and promote transparency. Learn more
I support: Improving the foundation formula to properly fund all schools, including transportation. Learn more
I support: Improving the foundation formula to properly fund all schools, including transportation. A focus on preparing students for trade-work as well as college education. Provide teachers with flexibility to try new, innovative teaching methods. Promote policies that reduce bullying and promote transparency. Advocating against open-enrollment and charter schools, which divert funds from rural school districts. Providing adequate funding to ensure safety for children in classrooms, including investments in campus design and safety features that make it difficult for intruders to gain access to the classroom. A focus on improving technology training for all students, including enhancing computer training curriculum. Learn more
Investing in renewable energy, and providing incentives to energy companies to voluntarily increase reliance on new sources of energy. Learn more
Increasing fines for illegal dumping to create an adequate deterrent. Learn more
Allowing local municipalities to regulate CAFO waste management. Learn more
Investing in renewable energy, and providing incentives to energy companies to voluntarily increase reliance on new sources of energy. Increasing fines for illegal dumping to create an adequate deterrent. Learn more
Digitally recording the unique identifier with the date/timestamp in the vote tabulation machine for auditing purposes Learn more
Instituting a secure digital voting system for active military members so their votes can be counted quickly and securely. Learn more
Updating vote tabulation machines to print date/timestamp on the ballot as it is read. Learn more
Require candidates to get support from a majority of the citizens. Learn more
Updating ballot security with the following secure details: Learn more
Instituting vote-from-home program, with necessary security precautions such as fingerprinting. Learn more
Encourage participation from ‘fringe’ parties. Learn more
Get a consensus candidate for each race. Learn more
I support: Moving Missouri to a ranked choice voting system, which would enable us to Learn more
Putting a unique identifier on each ballot that must be recorded before it is handed to a voter. Learn more
Instituting a secure digital voting system for active military members so their votes can be counted quickly and securely. Require that all ballot initiatives appear first, before any candidate, on every ballot, to ensure that voters don’t “miss” a ballot initiative because it was on the back of the ballot. Support Missouri joining the interstate compact instituting a nationwide popular vote. Require all parties to reimburse the state of Missouri for the primary election process if they intend to use state infrastructure for partisan balloting. Learn more
I support: Moving Missouri to a ranked choice voting system, which would enable us to: Get a consensus candidate for each race. Encourage participation from ‘fringe’ parties. Require candidates to get support from a majority of the citizens. Allow us to move non-partisan county-positions away from primary elections. Learn more
Limiting the number of out of state/out of country owned/operated CAFO operations in Missouri. Learn more
Instituting vote-from-home program, with necessary security precautions such as fingerprinting. Updating ballot security with the following secure details: Putting a unique identifier on each ballot that must be recorded before it is handed to a voter. Updating vote tabulation machines to print date/timestamp on the ballot as it is read. Digitally recording the unique identifier with the date/timestamp in the vote tabulation machine for auditing purposes Learn more
Require all parties to reimburse the state of Missouri for the primary election process if they intend to use state infrastructure for partisan balloting. Learn more
Support Missouri joining the interstate compact instituting a nationwide popular vote. Learn more
Require that all ballot initiatives appear first, before any candidate, on every ballot, to ensure that voters don’t “miss” a ballot initiative because it was on the back of the ballot. Learn more
Allow us to move non-partisan county-positions away from primary elections. Learn more
Support red flag laws, as there should be mechanisms in place to temporarily remove guns (through a court order) from those who represent an immediate harm to themselves or others. Learn more
Encouraging law-abiding citizens to get a conceal carry permit, as the training is highly beneficial for even the most seasoned gun owner. Learn more
I support: Resisting any attempt to ban any type of firearm, as bans are ineffective. Learn more
Resisting any attempt to require citizens register in a database the number, type, or kinds of firearms they own. Learn more
I support: Resisting any attempt to ban any type of firearm, as bans are ineffective. Encouraging law-abiding citizens to get a conceal carry permit, as the training is highly beneficial for even the most seasoned gun owner. Support red flag laws, as there should be mechanisms in place to temporarily remove guns (through a court order) from those who represent an immediate harm to themselves or others. This would have to include a mechanism for reversal as well. Requiring gun shows to issue purchase permits to all gun-buyers who wish to purchase firearms from private sellers. (This would include a background check performed through local sheriff departments) Resisting any attempt to require citizens register in a database the number, type, or kinds of firearms they own. The study of gun-related violence as a health-issue. Learn more
The study of gun-related violence as a health-issue. Learn more
Requiring gun shows to issue purchase permits to all gun-buyers who wish to purchase firearms from private sellers. Learn more
Requiring pharmaceutical companies that develop addictive drugs provide services to help those who become addicted to their products. Learn more
Requiring hospitals and clinics perform a quarterly audit of all prescribers to ensure they are following hospital guidelines for the prescription of opioids. Learn more
Banning pharmaceutical companies from providing doctors with gifts or kickbacks. Learn more
Requiring the attorney general aggressively pursue any and all legal remedies when it is found that pharmaceutical companies are intentionally misleading doctors and patients about the effectiveness of drugs. Learn more
Expanding mental health services for low-income individuals and families. Learn more
Expanding Medicaid for low-income individuals and families to provide them with access to quality health care. Learn more
Requiring hospitals and clinics publish the markup percentage of every disposable item that they bill to patients. Learn more
support: Requiring that hospitals and clinics publicly display the costs of all of their services and procedures, so that other clinics and hospitals will be forced to compete on price. Learn more
I support: Requiring that hospitals and clinics publicly display the costs of all of their services and procedures, so that other clinics and hospitals will be forced to compete on price. Requiring hospitals and clinics publish the markup percentage of every disposable item that they bill to patients. Expanding Medicaid for low-income individuals and families to provide them with access to quality health care. Expanding mental health services for low-income individuals and families. Learn more
Investing in rural infrastructure projects to improve market access for farmers. Learn more
I support: Increasing internet access for rural areas. Learn more
Allowing local municipalities to regulate CAFO waste management. Learn more
Improving the infrastructure in the 109th district, focusing on highway expansion and streamlining where appropriate. Learn more
Improving the infrastructure in the 109th district, focusing on highway expansion and streamlining where appropriate. Learn more
I support: Increasing internet access for rural areas. Investing in rural infrastructure projects to improve market access for farmers. Learn more
Reducing the need for local municipalities to raise local taxes, (in the form of property and sales tax) for public education. Learn more
Implementing changes to the tax code to simplify it, ensuring that effective tax rates are fair, simple, and properly balanced. Learn more
Increasing legislative oversight for bureaucratic budget expanses; requiring approval from the legislature before accepting federal grants. Learn more
I support: Focusing on cutting taxes from the bottom up to put more money in the pockets of working families. Learn more
Increasing legislative oversight for bureaucratic budget expanses; requiring approval from the legislature before accepting federal grants. Learn more
Implementing changes to the tax code to simplify it, ensuring that effective tax rates are fair, simple, and properly balanced. Reducing the need for local municipalities to raise local taxes, (in the form of property and sales tax) for public education. Learn more
I support: Focusing on cutting taxes from the bottom up to put more money in the pockets of working families. Learn more
Actively working against any attempt to implement Right To Work legislation – the people of Missouri have spoken on this issue, and it is time for our government to listen. Learn more
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