Candidate for Oklahoma House of Representatives - District 11 in 2020 Oklahoma Consolidated Primary and General Election.
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Get StartedOklahoma needs to attract and retain additional industry and investment that are focused on the future. We start that with a business-friendly regulatory environment that also protects Oklahomans from incompetent, harmful, or just plain predatory companies and practices. We should provide sensible tax credits or supports for areas or industries that we determine will have a long-term benefit on Oklahoma. Understanding that not every new venture will work out, every tax credit needs a sunset or review built into the statute. Learn more
Oklahoma needs to become the first choice for new industries that we cannot yet envision. This will not happen if we do not have an excellent education system. Our children will not be able to participate in that future economy, and companies will not be able to get their employees to move here, if we don’t. Learn more
Every child needs a great education. Every child. I conducted an interim study on choice within our public schools to highlight options student have within public school. I conducted an interim study on blended and virtual learning within our public schools to determine how far along we are in allowing students these options. This crisis has shown how necessary those options are, but also how far we still have to go. Learn more
If we want to seriously reduce costs of state agencies, we must change their scope. That is, change what agencies are required to do. By doing so, we can gain efficiency and better service to Oklahomans without increasing costs. Any owner of a really successful business will tell you that spending money upfront to make their business run more efficiently ultimately improves their bottom line. If we want better functioning state agencies that cost less, we have to give them the tools and statutory requirements to be better. Learn more
All major legislation needs Oklahoma-specific policy developed to guide how legislation is written. Oklahoma is fortunate to have numerous experts throughout the state who can help develop policy, but they need to be asked. We should learn from the successes and mistakes of other states who brough in outside experts. Using that knowledge, we can work with and harness the power of our state experts to develop solutions specific to Oklahoma. I know how to bring together experts inside and outside Oklahoma to develop policies that result in good Oklahoma legislation. As an example, I am part of a bi-partisan, bi-cameral working group focused on developing education policy that helps us create schools that will prepare today’s preschoolers to be contributing, productive adults here in of Oklahoma. Learn more
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