Candidate for North Carolina State Senate - District 42 in 2018 North Carolina 2018 General Election.
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Get Startedwe must focus on prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and criminal justice. We must protect our children by educating them and treat and rehabilitate those willing to end their addiction. For those unwilling or unable to be helped, then we need a criminal justice system that focuses on rehabilitation and not simply locking up those individuals who could not deal with the curveballs that life threw them. Learn more
We should establish more veterans treatment courts to help veterans charged with non-violent crimes who need mental health or substance abuse treatment instead of incarceration. Learn more
We need programs to retrain workers for available jobs. Learn more
We need common-sense legislation that holds charter schools accountable to the same standards as public schools Learn more
We must rebuild our public education system to train the future workforce so that we can provide employers with knowledge workers Learn more
an independent commission should draw new congressional districts, both state and federal, that reflect the results of the most recent census. The concept of one-person, one-vote dictates that districts should be roughly equal in population. Other factors to be considered are the federal Voting Rights Act, district shape, geographical features, and potential competitiveness. Learn more
we must focus on prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and criminal justice. We must protect our children by educating them and treat and rehabilitate those willing to end their addiction. For those unwilling or unable to be helped, then we need a criminal justice system that focuses on rehabilitation and not simply locking up those individuals who could not deal with the curveballs that life threw them. Learn more
I will fight for access to affordable healthcare for all, Learn more
we must be careful and avoid driving illegal immigrants who have jobs and pay taxes off the grid of American society where they can fall prey to criminal drug, sex or illegal labor traffickers. Instead, let’s work toward a path of legal citizenship for those who are already part of our community, pay taxes, and do not have criminal backgrounds. Learn more
we must focus on prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and criminal justice. We must protect our children by educating them and treat and rehabilitate those willing to end their addiction. For those unwilling or unable to be helped, then we need a criminal justice system that focuses on rehabilitation and not simply locking up those individuals who could not deal with the curveballs that life threw them. Learn more
We need a tax code that provides funds to invest in infrastructure, education, healthcare, and new technologies Learn more
Our minimum wage is not a living wage and it must be raised. Learn more
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