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Questions
The League of Women Voters has made every effort to present accurately the candidates' responses as they were submitted.
1. If elected, what two things do you hope to accomplish as a member of the House of Representative for the people of Utah?
1) Facilitate excellence in public education to ensure equality of opportunity for our residents as well as to support economic development across the state.
2) Provide a variety of feasible choices to residents of diverse economic levels for high quality health care. Provide information and resources so people may have the tools to stay healthy 2a) Help evolve our public safety system to put a greater focus on preventing crime through education and social development. In addition, offenders should be properly rehabilitated so that their behavior remains an aberration and not a lifestyle.
2. How would you address the following issues? (Please answer each question in 200 words or less.)
-Adequate funding for education, including funding for disadvantaged populations such as non-English-speakers and prison inmates
Continue to make funding a priority.
- Energy resource development and clean air
Support the development of new technologies that are safe, responsible to our natural home and quality of life, and accessible by people of multiple income levels. Expansion of public transportation opportunities. Incentives for industry and the public to make choices in favor of the sustainability of our environment.
- Water development and conservation
Look to best practices across the country in terms of state government laws, including building codes, and policies that promote conservation. I believe that this needs to be done before the expansion of more costly water development projects.
- Better communication between elected officials and their constituents
On an individual basis, continue to make myself available to people for questions or comments related to my performance as a representative. This includes attending community council meetings as well as other neighborhood gatherings. I additionally will continue to support initiatives to make the state public process more accessible and transparent, so as a legislative body, we are more accountable.
3. If the State had a revenue surplus of $100 million, how would you allocate the money? (Response should include $______________ for ________________________________.
50 million - public education; 10 million - health and human services needs; 15 million conservation and environmental sustainability; 10 million bricks and mortar infrastructure across the state including transportation; 15 million public safety, especially
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