Candidate for Michigan House of Representatives - District 81 in 2018 Michigan 2018 General Election.
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Get StartedThe evidence is clear: common sense regulation on marijuana can not only help bolster local communities' economies, but can also create new sources of revenue and offering potential medical benefits. Learn more
Increasing funding to rural school districts for specific use in counseling services. With a lack of mental health care access in rural regions of the state, I want to ensure that our children, teenagers, and young adults have access to the mental health care they need by offering services through our public school system. Learn more
by enforcing laws on the book that protect the rights of workers to earn a fair wage for their work; and by re-examining laws that unfairly restrict growing industries. Learn more
Public funding for public schools. I believe that charter and voucher schools take resources away from the administrators, teachers, and students in our public schools while also forcing education to focus on testing-for-funding as opposed to educating our students with the skills they need to succeed. Learn more
Defending our teachers by protecting their rights to unionize and by ending the war on their pensions and wages that is waged by their own government. In order to attract the future of teachers, we need to begin now to ensure our teachers are paid a fair wage and pension. Learn more
Increasing funding to rural school districts for specific use in counseling services. With a lack of mental health care access in rural regions of the state, I want to ensure that our children, teenagers, and young adults have access to the mental health care they need by offering services through our public school system. Learn more
I also want to re-examine the laws that exist that can allow corporations to endlessly pump water out of our state without compensation and accountability without harming our agricultural communities. Learn more
With poor oversight, a refusal to follow Michigan laws, and the dangerous potential this line poses for our families and local communities, I believe it's time to close Line 5. The gamble of keeping the pipeline open--a gamble against our tourist industries and health of our state and its people--is too high. Learn more
As your representative I will protect our water by enforcing environmental protection laws on the books to keep not only Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River clean, but our wells and aquifers and the fish and plants that inhabit these areas as well. Learn more
I will focus conservation efforts in the state towards ensuring that they can strengthen and diversify our economy. I will do so by strengthening local recycling efforts, investing in infrastructure that maintains our natural surroundings, and looking to secure adequate funding for our parks and waterways. Learn more
Bringing a mail-in voting system to Michigan to ensure all adults that are eligible to vote can receive their ballot and have their vote counted regardless of where they live, their work schedule, or the illnesses they suffer from. Encouraging local communities to experiment with different voting methods and ensuring legislation protects those rights. Learn more
Pushing to re-instate Net Neutrality laws to keep the Internet affordable and equal for all Michiganders and businesses to ensure they can stay connected and informed Learn more
Keeping our waterways and shores ecologically stable and usable to ensure that our boating communities and shipping channels can continue to generate valuable revenue. Learn more
Expanding public transportation options and services for those in rural areas to make access to valuable services easier and to entice economic growth outside of urban areas. Expanding the broadband and cellular backbone across the state with a specific focus on rural communities. Learn more
The best way to create this culture is by passing legislation that protects our Internet Learn more
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