Candidate for Texas House of Representatives - District 24 in 2022 Texas General Election.
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Get StartedI will also advocate for more local control for how a school system is run and what is taught. Schools should be run in a non partisan collaborative manner by local communities - not Austin and not Washington. Let's return control of the schools back to us, the people of District 24. Learn more
I will drive the House to overhaul the funding mechanisms that limit Districts from using local dollars to solve local problems including teacher compensation and benefits. Learn more
District 24 can no longer wait for large scale flood control infrastructure to be approved and built. We need help with funding local efforts with cleaning and expanding our storm sewer networks now. No more driving through 1-2 feet of water. I will compel the House to fund and expand these city and county cost effective efforts by finding efficiencies in the State budget. Learn more
I will sponsor legislation that creates ONE State agency / organization that has regulatory authority over both the natural gas supply and power generation in Texas so that we never experience a winter storm type power failure again and loose innocent lives. And, we will never have to hear again that it wasn't my fault at the State level. It was their fault in February 2021 and will continue to be until the State owns the responsibility for all aspects of power generation including the natural gas supply, power generation, the grid, and the transmission system. I solve problems and this is a problem that I will solve when elected. Learn more
Border security is much more complex to solve than simply building a wall. Borders work much better when people on both sides of that border work together for the good of both nations. I strongly believe that Texas can not go this alone. We have to partner with the Federal Government and compel them to help us solve this problem by applying Federal diplomatic and economic incentives / pressure in addition to military / police type actions to Mexico and Central American nations to help stop the flow at the source. As your representative, I will advocate to my fellow legislators that we must partner with, not against, the Federal Government in seeking a long term solution that benefits Texans without consuming all of our precious State resources in the process. Learn more
I will lead the House to identify and release more of the motor gas and franchisee tax revenue to District 24. This funding will be used by our cities and the County to help solve our road and traffic problems. Our cities and the County know best how to solve them, they just lack the funding. Our property taxes should not have to be raised to fix this. I want businesses to make profits but we should not have to suffer in traffic because of it. Learn more
I strongly believe in a balanced budget and am fiscally conservative. All of my proposals requiring funding to solve problems (flood control, roads, education etc.) will be matched either with an equal efficiency (cheaper way to do something) or an increase in a State fee / revenue so that the budget balances. I will never advocate for an increase in Property Taxes or the Sales Taxes and will look to decrease whenever and however possible. Learn more
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