Candidate for Oregon House of Representatives - District 6 in 2020 Oregon General Election.
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Get StartedDefend a woman’s right to bodily autonomy and a full range of reproductive health services, including pregnancy termination. Abortion is a deeply personal decision a woman makes in consultation with her physician, family and faith. No place for politicians to intrude. In matters of conscience, sincere people do reach different conclusions. This does not give anyone the right to compel another. Learn more
Biochar introduction into soil can permanently remove carbon from the atmosphere, while greatly improving soil fertility, retains soil moisture, encourages beneficial soil microbes, reducing fertilizer run-off, and improving stream and river water quality, and reducing dangerous marine algal blooms. Mobile and stationary bio-char units could expand this production into an export industry for Southern Oregon. Instead of completely burning up our slash, we could be making garden products. And just west of Medford, we have an agricultural research station that could be researching them! Learn more
Cap and trade works just like the three-point line in the NBA. When first introduced that line looked like a long shot. But when you change the expectation, reward the result, leave it to the players to innovate and decide what shots to take, it’s a win for the players and spectators. Cap-and-trade harnesses market economics to drive investment to the easiest solutions first. Learn more
These installations can provide additional income streams for farms and ranches struggling with climate change and market shifts. Solar is now the cheapest energy in the world. And solar panels and battery storage only continue to improve and drop in price. So why should solar subsidies be available only to those luckier homeowners who can front the rest of the cost? (About the cost of a good used car.) Cities have bonding authority for sidewalks that allows homeowners to spread payments over 20 years. I propose that similar bonding authority be offered to homeowners and landlords for solar installations. It would super-charge our local solar installation businesses. Learn more
Maximize Oregon Health Plan leveraging of the federal 9:1 matching funds to the fullest extent possible in the face of severe budget constraints to meet local health needs. Learn more
I fought to pass the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Now, we must all work to extend healthcare to ALL Oregonians. We must NEVER go back to the days of "pre-existing conditions" and "lifetime caps," and families routinely bankrupted by medical bills. Since the passage of the ACA, tens of thousands of previously uninsured Southern Oregonians now have health care coverage via the Oregon Health Plan and thousands of living-wage jobs have been created. Learn more
I likewise strongly support what the Medford City Council already has done to prevent banks from turning Medford into a ghost town of derelict houses as happened after the 2008 bank bailout. Learn more
I wholeheartedly back the Governor’s orders blocking evictions and foreclosures because of the COVID-19 Crisis. Learn more
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