Years running projects, airport operations, and logistics taught fiscal discipline and results. Safety leadership and ICS training prepare me to protect families and demand accountable government.
I would make school funding reliable by increasing the state’s share from 38 percent to at least 45 percent, reducing pressure on local property taxes without raising overall taxes. Districts would receive that support only after forensic audits of board, campus, and PTA spending, with savings directed to teachers and classrooms.
The Legislature should keep energy and water affordable by capping utility-rate hikes at inflation unless voters approve bonds for real maintenance. Require annual reviews that tie fees to actual revenue growth, not population talking points. Pair that with audits of waste and practical conservation so reliability improves without squeezing families or funding pet projects.
I would expand access through state-led sliding-scale clinics and telehealth, without full Medicaid expansion. Require hospital price transparency so families can shop and compare. Fund mental-health care and protect coverage for pre-existing conditions while letting private innovation drive down cost.
I do not support data-center development. These facilities create almost no lasting jobs while consuming enormous amounts of electricity, water, and land that should serve businesses with real payrolls. I would deny tax abatements, require full public disclosure of power and water use, and block projects that shift costs onto households or lock up land better used for genuine economic growth.
Four-term state representative, fmr WilCo Dems chair, small business owner, proud father. Consensus builder fighting for public schools, healthcare, voting rights, affordability, housing, & transit.
Strong public schools are the foundation of a strong society. The state must increase its share of funding to closer to 60 percent, raise per pupil funding, switch to an enrollment-based model, end unfunded mandates, and reform recapture. We also must end the voucher scam that is draining resources from our neighborhood public schools without transparency, accountability, or educational standards.
We must invest in renewables, reduce transmission congestion, and improve job training for clean energy. Water conservation, improving sustainability, and repairing aging infrastructure while protecting pristine streams and increasing water supply is a matter of life and death. I’m vehemently opposed to what’s happening in Big Bend and believe we must protect our parks, beaches, and public lands.
We must expand Medicaid, increase reimbursement rates for providers, and invest in community health centers. We have to address the consolidation that is driving up costs of care, prescription drugs, and insurance premiums. I also believe Texans deserve access to the full range of pregnancy-related care, including contraception, family planning, IVF, abortion, and prenatal and postpartum care.
We must distinguish between data centers used to support research, advanced computing, and consumer technologies we rely on from the hyperscalers and bad actors. I support requiring industry to pay their share of costs as opposed to passing them on to consumers, strict sustainability measures, water conservation, on-site renewable energy and battery storage, and empowering local communities.
