Candidate Information Form: Utah House – District 24

Name: Joe Jarvis

Registered Party: Republican

District: 24

Address: 406 East 300 South #230

Phone: 801 633 0613

Email: joseph.jarvis@msn.com

Website: www.electjarvis.com

Candidate Background Information

Occupation: Physician

Education: BA-1978,English, BYU; MD-1982, UofU; MSPH-1986, UofU

Prior Experience: State Health Officer, Nevada; Medical Officer, OSHA-US Dept of Labor; Faculty-National Jewish Center, Univ. of Colorado, Univ. of Nevada; Family Physician; Public Health Consultant/Owner National Consulting Business

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 Representatives for the people of Utah ?
   
   1) Sustainable health system reform: The principle problem in our health system is waste: quality waste and inefficiency waste.  From 1/3 to 1/2 of the money spent on health care in the US is wasted.  Legislation can have an enormous impact on health system waste, making universal, higher quality care sustainably available into the future.
   2) Change Alcoholic Beverage Control: Current Utah statutes and regulations are convoluted, require expensive compliance, are unevenly enforced, and do not increase public safety.  Beginning with elimination of the private club rule, Utah law can become both more visitor friendly (enhancing economic development), more supportive of the hospitality market, and more likely to promote safe behavior.
   
   
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
   
   Just like the so-called "peace dividend" after the end of the Cold War, Utahns will benefit from a "health system dividend" after sustainable reform has been accomplished.  Literally hundreds of millions of tax dollars in Utah can be re-directed to support other public enterprises.  Education would be the principle program beneficiary of the "health system dividend".
   
   - Energy resource development and clean air
   
   Clean air requires reduced dependence on carbon based energy.  Renewable energy development (solar, wind, geothermal) can be fostered on both macro- and micro-levels.  Wind and solar farms deserve public support.  Colorado law provides an example of micro-level solar energy development.
   
   - Water development and conservation
   
   Utah must maximize the water resources available to its residents by claiming its fair share of Colorado River flow and refusing to allow water table exploitation favoring Las Vegas.  Still, conservation efforts will be our principle strategy into the future because we live in a desert.  We can reduce government agency use of water and induce private sector conservation with public education.
   
   - Better communication between elected officials and their constituents
   
   Web based communication has already become the principle mechanism for broadcasting Utah's legislative happenings.  Access to legislators is enhanced by email, blogs, and websites.  Access to constituents will likewise improve through web-based technology.
   
   
3. If the State had a revenue surplus of $100 million, how would you allocate the money? (Response should include $______________ for ________________________________.
   
   A surplus indicates one time money, which should not be used to support ongoing programs.  Therefore, my response is limited to ideas about one time expenditures.
   1) 10 million
   2) 90 million
   1) Utah School for the Deaf and Blind to design and build a school in Salt Lake County.
   2) retrofit the State vehicle fleet to run on natural gas and improve state building energy efficiency