Indiana State Representative, District 47
The Indiana House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Indiana General Assembly, the state’s legislative branch. It is made up of 100 members, each elected from a district to serve two-year terms. The House meets at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis and works with the Indiana Senate to draft, debate, and pass state laws. Its responsibilities include approving the state budget and representing the interests of Indiana residents. State representatives serve two-year terms.
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Michael E Potter
(Dem)
If elected, what would be your two highest legislative priorities?
What unique experience or perspective do you bring that distinguishes you from other candidates?
How would you address cost-of-living affordability for Hoosiers? Please describe any policies or approaches you support.
Which of the following policy areas would be your highest priority while in office, and why? Childcare, Community Safety, Economic Development, Education, Energy, Health, Housing, Environment, or Infrastructure.
What do you consider Indiana’s most significant environmental challenges?
How should the state balance economic, environmental, and community considerations when evaluating proposals for new data centers?
If elected my two highest legislative priorities would be: 1) work environmental protection of land, water, and air into every legislative consideration, and 2) work toward affordability in all aspects of Hoosier's lives.
I have worked as an environmental consultant for 25 years. I understand the balance of economic development and environmental regulation. I also understand that clean land, water, and air are the backbone of all things on earth. Increasing our quality of life with basic clean air to breathe and water to drink directly leads to quality of life and ultimately affordability.
We must stop wasting taxpayers money. We must stop wasting small business owners money. We cannot continue catering to big corporations with tax breaks and incentives that have been proven to not better the quality of life for Indiana residents. We must first focus on the quality of life of Indiana residents. Happy residents make happy workers. Happy workers are productive workers and productive workers are good for business. A proper tax structure and responsible spending are the way the state, counties, and cities/towns can improve the quality of life for their residents. Once elected, it is time for elected officials to step away from the politics of the election season and into working/governing for the people of Indiana.
The environment connects all of those issues. It is the underlying base which is needed to support any additional quality of life improvements. Beyond caring for our environment, healthcare must be secured and funded for all Hoosiers (personal funding, employer funding, and government funding). Healthcare should not be tied to a job.
Because our legislature and the IEDC do not understand how the water cycle works, water scarcity due to over consumption from a lack of understanding is number one.
We start working with data centers by making the process transparent. There is no secret that all of these data companies want to build. We need everything out on the table. Now that there are plenty of data centers built, they need to come to the table with real data for communities. There are no reasons to provide windfall tax breaks. The companies proposing these data centers regularly boast about their record profits. They can pay for their own data centers. If data centers want to use the public electric utility for power while it is still undersized for their requirements, they should get solar with battery backup on every house in the local community. Get the homes off of the grid and then they can use more power from the grid.
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