Candidate for Colorado House of Representatives - District 22 in 2020 Colorado General Election.
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Get StartedColoradans are suffering under a huge regulatory burden. Whether from the perspective of business, housing, zoning, education, or labor, there are too many areas of life in which our free choices have been usurped by the State. I want to get our freedom back, and I aim to spearhead the repeal of as many overreaching regulations as possible. Learn more
The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPV) is an attempt to move from the electoral vote system to a popular vote system in Presidential elections. I believe in the principles of Federalism, and do not believe the President should be elected by popular vote. In addition, while the NPV is legal, strictly speaking, I do not believe it is in the spirit of the Constitution to approach a systemic change of this magnitude through a back-door provision. Learn more
I believe that corruption in Washington has reached a point where we cannot rely on politicians to rein themselves in. The desire to stay in office seems to supercede any better judgment that Representatives and Senators might otherwise exhibit. I therefore support an Article V Convention for the purpose (in part) of establishing term limits for Congress within the text of the US Constitution. Learn more
By default - according to Colorado's Constitution - every bill passed by the Legislature is supposed to be subject to petition by the people of Colorado, meaning that the people have the right to overturn the law if they should so choose. However, a decision by the Colorado Supreme Court allows law-makers to use a Safety Clause in place of the petition clause if they deem a specific bill to involve an immediate threat to public health and safety. The Safety Clause has been abused to the point of farce - for decades it was included in every single bill the Legislature passed, and while its use has decreased (around 40% of 2019 bills included the Safety Clause), it is still used for things as trivial as re-naming a university, or offering a tax exemption on fertilizer. Learn more
I believe TABOR (the Taxpayer’s Bill Of Rights) contains essential protections for Colorado taxpayers – including voter approval for tax increases and debt, and limits on the growth of government spending. Proposition CC was an attempt to abolish TABOR protections, stripping taxpayers of the right to consent. I opposed it. Learn more
The Colorado Legislature passes hundreds of bills each year, and I have heard law-makers admit that they do not always read every bill all the way through. I would like to introduce a bill to require representatives to attest in writing that they have read and understood the text of a bill in full before casting a vote in favor of that bill. Learn more
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