A member of the Utah House of Representatives serves a 2-year term, with all seats up for election every cycle. Representatives serve smaller districts than senators and make up the lower chamber of the legislature. Like senators, their role is to introduce and vote on laws, participate in committees, and represent constituents’ interests. Because of their shorter terms and smaller districts, representatives are often more directly responsive to local community concerns while helping shape statewide policy.
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Current Employment
Molecular Consulting at Myriad Genetics
Education
BA Psychology. MBA Marketing
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I want better disclosure from developers who are selling to new homebuyers in a Public Infrastructure District. People are still purchasing into PIDS without full knowledge of the required bond payment they'll have. I believe deregulating some redundancies will help. Obviously the overall government spending is also attributed to rising costs for everything due to Quantitative Easing. We certainly can implement austerity measured and tighten spending. Out of state investors created huge demand and shrunk supply for Utahans which spiked prices to be the highest in the nation. I would like to explore ways to reduce this outside investor housing grab which has left all Utahans with skyrocketing prices.
When there is a resource that affects all Utahans, the state should be involved. Generally, I want local municipalities to make local decisions but when it relates to water, energy, air, gas, spending, education, etc. there are things the state needs to be involved in. Water has become a huge topic municipalities are implementing water conservation measures but if one conserves and the other doesn't, that affects everyone so these broad, collective needs should have state involvement. The recent proposed Data Center in Box Elder County was generally seen as a local issue but we saw people from other counties deeply concerned because of the potential water usage, energy usage, air pollution. This may be an example for state involvement.
Generally I like to see free markets play out however there are sometimes needs for guardrails. Legislatures are tasked with balancing priorities and hearing from citizens and representing those citizens as to what those priorities are and should be. This juggling act required hearing the voice and will of the people and then making decisions with that in mind. I don't generally like to force mandates but would rather incentivize compliance via tax breaks for compliance, etc. I believe when Data Centers are proposed, they need to inform the people of all the costs and benefits. I will run legislation creating something similar to Truth in Taxation but relating to Truth in Private Public Partnerships so citizens have a say.
We absolutely need to be forethinking with infrastructure. I really want municipalities to implement more round abouts because studies show much more traffic can flow with this approach. This along would reduce commuting times all across the state. I've extensively researched this topic and we need to get away from traffic lights as much as possible where we can. I also believe when doing road widening projects, we need to go bigger than we currently do so we don't end up tearing apart and starting over again. I would also like to explore flex lanes on some of the highly congested corridors. The do work in many other areas and if built correctly, they can help. I'm not in favor of building gondolas up to ski resorts with taxes.
The state has done a lot to help with air quality. Going forward, the state can continue to require business and industry to keep emissions down however, I don't want overburdensome regulations that stifle economic growth and I won't approve solutions that don't have impact. For example, I've seen people with brand new cars that are two years old be required to get an emissions check to register. Mechanics laugh and role their eyes because the new cars really don't need it. This is overstepped, non-common sense regulation. It could be extended out to cars over 5 or so years. I would rather see incentives for lower emissions when possible vs forcing compliance as a first step. Sometimes we will need to pressure via regulation.
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