Previous Offices Held
This is my second time running for public office. Currently serving Maine House of Representative District 107
Top Three Priorities
1) Maine senior citizens need tax relief. Especially property Taxes. Increase Homestead Exemption for seniors on limited budget. 2) Reduce Maine's overall budget. The budget has nearly doubled in 8 years from $7 billion to over $12 billion. With that increase most Mainers have little to show for it. 3) Eliminate the waste and fraud. Government waste is out of control. Fraud is well into $100 millions and well beyond that.
Why are you running?
I felt it was time to step up and help make a positive change in Augusta. I have the ability to work well with people, listen to their concerns and work toward solutions. I have a very common-sense approach and have a fiscally responsible obligation to the people in my district and Maine.
What is one way Maine is on the right track? What is one way the state is on the wrong track?
At the very least, Maine needs a balance of power in the legislature. Currently, one party controls the House, Senate and governor's office. For eight years there has been a one party budget and zero negotiation. The entire budget has been presented and passed by one party. There are no checks and balances. Maine citizens deserve better.
As one of several dozen legislators in your chamber, how would you make a measurable difference for your constituents?
As a first-term legislator, I submitted three bills of my own and all three passed and were signed into law with bipartisan support. I have cosigned 11 bills that passed and were signed into law, eight of those had bipartisan sponsorship. I have stood up and addressed the house floor on a number of occasions. I firmly believe in actual facts and science when approaching bills and their impact not emotions.
Surveys show the economy is the top concern of voters. What is a specific proposal addressing Maine voters’ economic anxieties that you’d work to make law?
Taxes and electricity costs are hurting Mainers and Maine businesses. Businesses are leaving Maine because of our economic policies, and with them go jobs. Maine has landed at the bottom of the country as far as economic development. Maine has become extremely unfriendly to business both big and small. We need to turn this around with fiscally responsible policies that keep and attract businesses in and to Maine. We need good paying jobs!