Candidate for Georgia State Senate - District 56 in 2022 Georgia General Election.
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Get StartedThe vast majority of Georgia’s children are educated in the public schools. These children represent the future of Georgia’s workforce, families, and democracy. Policymakers need to make this a top priority in the budget, not the last. Raise teacher salaries consistently to attract the best talent and professionals as many are on the cusp of retiring or leaving the profession due to all the pressures and divisiveness being hoisted on them. Learn more
Use school grounds and roofs to build solar power plants that will displace operational costs and free up funds for student needs. Make some of the school repair and power transition into a training course for those students who may choose this career path – we need more trades taught in the secondary schools and not offsite for-pay tech schools, including new subjects on the horizon such as 3D printing, agricultural, transit and healthcare. Learn more
The current system isn’t working as we’re beyond 20% of our home budgets for healthcare-related items and it’s trending worse. We need to exploit Federal funding to build a healthcare army that will serve our economy as well as our citizens. We need to expand affordable broadband in rural areas to provide telemedicine services. In a budget surplus year, we didn’t get a choice for where to spend our tax dollars, but we will be sent small refunds that won’t put a dent in the cost of our home budgets – this should have been the number one investment area for a surplus State, but our voice was muffled by politics. Learn more
With the recent Federal infrastructure dollars, this is an optimal time to inject service, make connections, and build for a more resilient transportation system. Learn more
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