Colorado is experiencing record-high crime and drug overdoses. What's been the solution? Soft-on-crime policies by Democrats who want bail reform, abolition of the police, "safe" injection sites, softer penalties for narcotic use & distribution, and a resistance by the far-left to virtually any new criminal laws. When a bill was introduced in 2023 to make it a felony to sexually expose yourself to a child, more than HALF of House Democrats voted against it!  

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Colorado's Sanctuary State Status is unacceptable, and in my opinion, unconstitutional. House Republicans have been fighting to repeal the sanctuary status, but we're outnumbered, and Democrats killed a recent House bill that would have repealed that status. We have to continue to pressure our county commissioners, city councils, sheriffs, mayors, and others to not let our communities turn into what Denver has become thanks to radical Democrat policies. This single issue will financially destroy our state and create a wave of crime like we're currently seeing in New York City and other places if we don't put a stop to it immediately. 

The tactics employed by Democrats only incentivize criminals and emboldens them. Safety & security is the fundamental pillar of a free and functioning society. We need to get back to putting the needs of citizens above the wants of criminals. As a member of the Air Force JAG Corps, I worked tirelessly to hold criminals accountable and get victims the outcomes they deserved. I will continue to do so as your representative.

Parents and students deserve to be able to attend the school of their choice. Funding should follow students, not be tied to the building they happen to live closest to. Giving kids a greater opportunity for success by not punishing them due to their current circumstances only helps our children, not hurt them. Any special interest group who says otherwise is likely only looking out for their own agenda, not the child's best interest.

​Colorado should also pass a Parent's Right in Education bill. The government does not own your children, and our tax dollars are what fund schools in the first place. You should have a legal right to access any curriculum your child is being taught. Period.

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As a School District 20 charter school board member, I've always advocated that parents are the decision makers of their child's life, and the school is just a facilitator meant to assist parents in their learning endeavor.  

Government spending is absolutely out-of-control. Just four years ago, in 2019, our state budget was 30 BILLION dollars. In 2023, it's now 39 BILLION dollars and is only expected to rise going forward. The Governor's proposed 2024 budget is 42.7 BILLION dollars. At a time when the government is bringing in record-high tax revenue, do they suggest that they return more to citizens or slash taxes and fees? No! 

The only question they ask is, "What new programs can we create to spend more?" They figure out how they can find new ways to create new departments and programs that are often billed as "temporary" but will be forever extended. Yet, we still have issues funding our schools, crime is at crisis levels, and our roads are terrible. It's not a revenue problem. It's a prioritization problem.

Coloradans are struggling. What's the Democrat solution? Take more money from us every chance they get. New gas fees, bag fees, retail delivery fees, green energy building codes, and even chicken egg regulations have done nothing but drive up our daily costs and put more money into the pockets of Big Government to decide how to redistribute it.  What's more, the legislature passes many of these new costs as "fees," so they don't have to have the voters' approval of these new increases. The government is bringing in record tax revenue, but it's not enough according to them because they can always find some new enterprise to start funding. Enough is enough.