Where I stand on each issue and how I have come to take my stand on any particular issue boils down to Value, Accountability, and Respecting the Process.

As we observed Veteran’s Day, I was struck by the fact that veterans make sacrifices to ‘protect and preserve’ the process.  The process of how we govern.  That process requires civil dialogue on issues and protection of the process from abuse.  I am disappointed when those who purposefully abuse or ‘short circuit’ the system are looked at by some as ‘shrewd political strategists,’ when in fact they do nothing more than insult the sacrifices made by our veterans to preserve the process.

I am a veteran – I spent my 21^st birthday in Vietnam.  Although it would require federal action, I hope some day to see Election Day and Veterans Day combined into one – a national holiday allowing all citizens to participate in the process that our veterans have preserved for all of us to become active citizens.

For more information on my positions, please click on the topics below. 

Incarceration

Education

The Legislative Process

Legislative Independence

Choice

Health Care

CAFO's

Guns and Concealed Carry