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I'm running for the Wyoming House because I want to help keep Casper a place where families can build their futures. As a lifelong Wyomingite, educator, business owner, coach, and father, I've spent my career solving problems, balancing budgets, and serving others. Those experiences have given me a practical understanding of the challenges facing our community. I'll bring common-sense, conservative leadership focused on results, not political drama. I'll work to protect local control, support Wyoming businesses, strengthen education, preserve our public lands, and ensure government is accountable to the people it serves.
I support meaningful property tax relief, but I do not support shifting the burden onto our local communities without a responsible plan. Wyoming has recently passed some property tax relief. We must remember that those dollars fund our schools, law enforcement, roads, fire protection, and other essential local services. I believe we should continue providing targeted relief for homeowners while ensuring counties, cities, and special districts can meet their obligations. If additional tax relief is approved, the Legislature should carefully evaluate whether and how to backfill lost local revenue in a fiscally responsible way so we don't simply trade lower taxes for reduced local services.
Public lands should not be sold. Period. And if someone wants to trade their land for public land, it's because the public land is better. No thank you.
If schools are cutting extra curricular activities and the Wyoming High School Activities Association is talking about reducing State Tournaments to fewer teams, then the funding level is not appropriate.
I support using public funds for essential social services that provide a temporary safety net for those who truly need it, including seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, and families facing unexpected hardships. Taxpayer dollars should be spent responsibly, with strong accountability and a focus on helping people become self-sufficient whenever possible. We should prioritize effective programs, eliminate waste and fraud, and ensure limited public resources are directed to those most in need.
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3073158566
I'm running for this office because I care about the future of Wyoming. I've been a Wyoming resident my whole life, and now I am raising my two wonderful children here. I'm hopeful we can build a future where young people can stay.
I have seen firsthand how cuts to education affect our schools and then our children. I have experienced the struggle of finding a doctor because so many of Wyoming's counties are care deserts.
I do not support the ballot initiative for a 50% reduction in property taxes. I agree that in recent years, property taxes have been excessive. We also use these taxes to fund essential services and education. Some counties in Wyoming, if they lose property taxes, will lose basically all of their income.
Some discussion has been to backfill the loss of local revenue with raised sales taxes. I find this to be incredibly regressive. It will hit the people with less economic stability the hardest, and again, some counties in Wyoming don't pull an income from sales.
I strongly oppose the sale or exchange of public lands.
Tourism is Wyoming's second-largest industry. People come from all over the world to visit Wyoming and see our truly wild spaces. Selling off these lands would be detrimental to our well-being as a state. Furthermore, we should value wild spaces and public lands not just because they add value to our economy, but because the experience of being able to be in the wild and experience the natural world is invaluable.
I don't think that this system is appropriate. I think the educational silo that has been formed by recalibration leaves a lot to be desired.
I believe we should absolutely be using public funds for social services. That's a part of living in a community. We have a social responsibility to care for each other.
When the people who need the social services, like SNAP, are able to use that service to get on their feet and then move up in their ability to provide for themselves, we give them a hand up. With that hand up, they can build a more solid foundation and become more capable of contributing back to the community.
