- Property Taxes
- • Prime sponsor of legislation to ensure all slot money goes to property tax relief
• Voted to ensure table game revenue went to property tax relief
• Co-Sponsors various property tax elimination/reduction plans
• Continues to advocate for property tax reform at every opportunity
- Energy Rates
- • Voted for and supports HB 20 which will phase in the rate caps for 3 years
• Continues to educate consumers on ways to save on energy costs and be smarter consumers
• Advocates for clean, efficient, and cost effective energy sources like nuclear and clean coal to reduce generation costs which intern lower energy bills
- Pension Spike
- • Prime sponsor to ensure property tax owners will not be the scapegoat
• Supports comprehensive pension reform to ensure a spike never occurs again
• Supports an all of the above approach to fix the current spike
- 2nd Amendment/Sportsmen Issues
- • Member of the NRA
• Avid hunter
• Avid target and sporting clay shooter
• Cosponsor of the Castle Doctrine
• Cosponsor of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Sales Tax Holiday Weekend
• Cosponsor of the Firearm Freedom Act
• Opposes Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009
- Government Reform
- • Prime sponsor of a bill to ensure legislators are not paid by lobbying firms
• Cosponsor and supports a Constitutional Convention
• Cosponsor several budget reform bills
• Prime sponsor a bill to ensure state employees are paid regardless of when budget is passed
• Supports reimbursement for actual costs in lieu of abused Per Diem system
• Cosponsors and supports zero based and performance based budgeting to ensure effectiveness of programs
• Supports procurement reform to eliminate “pay to play” system of handing out state contracts
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