Wyoming Senate District 25
The Wyoming Senate is the upper chamber of the state legislature. Similar to the U.S. Senate, they work with Representatives to create laws, set the state budget, and determine state tax rates. Senators also confirm appointments made by the Governor.State Senators are elected to a four-year term with no term limits.
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Cale Case
(Rep)
Why are you running for this office? Describe the experience and skills that make you the most qualified candidate.
Do you support the ballot initiative for a 50% reduction in property taxes, and why? If passed, should the state backfill the loss of local revenue? Please explain.
Do you support or oppose the sale or exchange of public lands? Please explain.
Is the current structure and funding level for public education appropriate? Please explain.
What is your opinion on the use of public funds for social services?
Campaign Phone
307-332-7623
Turnover in the Wyoming Legislature has driven us to crisis. Newer members, elected in a populist wave, have produced conflicting and often unconstitutional policy directions for Wyoming. Witness the reckless property tax measures, the attacks on public education and blatantly unconstitutional legislation surrounding women’s health.
More than ever, steady experienced hands that have a respect for civility, process and our constitutionally defined legal framework, are needed. I am an economist by training and a longtime successful legislator with a record of service and respect for our institutions of government.
No, it is bad public policy and does not make Wyoming better. Property taxes fund local governments and education - not state services. Severing the connection between citizens and paying for those local government activities is shortsighted populist policy and terrible fiscal practice. Backfilling by the state is also a bad idea - everyone would vote away their taxes if they could get someone else to pay to fund their services.
Our public lands are a treasure that we need to maintain for future generations. Limited exchanges are needed on occasion in specific circumstances.
Wyoming's education funding system was developed after decades of wrangling over the disparity of resources available between wealthy and poor taxing districts. Nationwide, our system gets great marks for both abundance and equity. The structure is not perfect and increasingly it is threatened by tax cuts and those that would like to fund religious-based private education alternatives. In the last legislative session, significant changes were made that in some areas have caused problems. We need to revisit this area and adjust as necessary but in the main, our funding system is second to none.
Article 16 Section 6 of the Wyoming Constitution provides that the state public funds may not be used to “loan or give its credit or make donations to or in aid of any individual, association or corporation, except for necessary support of the poor” (underline added). This provides constitutional justification for Medicaid, welfare, education activities for disadvantaged children, and more. We have an obligation to help lift those who are less fortunate.
Could we do a better job with the programs we administer? Absolutely. But we should never give up trying and stay prepared to address new problems while remembering that incentives work better than mandates.
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