Candidate for Alabama House of Representatives - District 79 in 2018 Alabama 2018 General Election.
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Get StartedSupport workforce trade programs to give students hands-on experience in vocational and technical careers. Learn more
Work to restore fiscal responsibility and financial stability to Alabama. Learn more
Work to halt skyrocketing tuition costs at our public universities and reverse tax cuts that threaten grants and scholarships. Learn more
Prioritize pre-K education—including early literary initiatives, STEM activities, and exposure to foreign language and the arts—an essential start for our children’s academic careers, and pushing to expand Alabama’s first-in-the-nation early childhood education program for all of our children. Learn more
Protect pension funds of our state-employed educators from ongoing legislative attempts to raid this essential retirement system. Learn more
Support dual enrollment programs that allow high-school students to get a head start on (and reduce the cost of) higher education by taking college-level courses. Learn more
Support workforce trade programs to give students hands-on experience in vocational and technical careers. Learn more
Fight for all our teachers to receive a fair compensation, before inadequate funding forces them into other professions or states. Learn more
Bring the Education Lottery to Alabama to reduce the cost of attending Auburn University by establishing a scholarship program similar to the Hope Scholarship Program in other states. Learn more
I’m also the first to insist that Alabama needs common sense gun legislation. Every responsible gun owner—including Alabama’s law enforcement officers—knows the importance of maintaining a tough, efficient permit system to ensure that our state can respect the second amendment without putting any of its residents at risk. Learn more
I’m a gun owner and a concealed carry permit holder, and while I’m the first to defend my right to be one, I’m also the first to insist that Alabama needs common sense gun legislation. Learn more
Support a stronger, fiscally responsible mental health care system based on evidence-based practices and accessible to all. Learn more
Fight for Medicaid expansion to protect our most financially vulnerable citizens and so reduce the financial burden—shared by all of us—of treating the uninsured. Learn more
Support an emphasis on preventative care, to reduce long term costs. Learn more
we, as legislators, should depend on fact and evidence based research when considering new laws, instead of the approach currently adopted by our legislature- to create laws based on public sentiment and fear. Learn more
Work to restore fiscal responsibility and financial stability to Alabama. Learn more
That said, with the recent adoption by the last remaining other Southern state, it’s time to look hard and long at this issue, and to consider how we could use a lottery to offset the rising costs of Secondary Education in our state. Learn more
Protect pension funds of our state-employed educators from ongoing legislative attempts to raid this essential retirement system. Learn more
Fight for all our teachers to receive a fair compensation, before inadequate funding forces them into other professions or states. Learn more
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