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Abortion Issues
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| Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding abortion. | | | a) Abortions should always be illegal. | | | b) Abortions should always be legal. | | | c) Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy. | | X | d) Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape. | | X | e) Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered. | | X | f) Abortions should be subject to a mandatory waiting period. | | X | g) Require clinics to give parental notification before performing abortions on minors. | | | h) Other or expanded principles | | Abortions should always be illegal unless D or E exist. |
Budget and Tax Issues
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| State Budget: Indicate what state funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category, you can use a number more than once. | | Slightly Increase | a) Education (Higher) | | Greatly Increase | b) Education (K-12) | | Maintain Status | c) Emergency preparedness | | Maintain Status | d) Environment | | Slightly Increase | e) Health care | | Greatly Increase | f) Law enforcement | | Slightly Increase | g) Transportation and highway infrastructure | | Maintain Status | h) Welfare | | Greatly Increase | i) Other or expanded categories | | Mental Health | | State Taxes: Indicate what state tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category, you can use a number more than once. | | Greatly Increase | a) Alcohol taxes | | Greatly Increase | b) Cigarette taxes | | Maintain Status | c) Corporate taxes | | Slightly Decrease | d) Gasoline taxes | | Slightly Decrease | e) Income taxes (incomes below $75,000) | | Maintain Status | f) Income taxes (incomes above $75,000) | | Slightly Increase | g) Sales taxes | | Maintain Status | h) Vehicle taxes | | | i) Other or expanded categories | | Yes | 1) Should state sales taxes be extended to Internet sales? | | No | 2) Should accounts such as a "rainy day" fund be used to balance the state budget? | | Undecided | 3) Should fee increases be used to balance the state budget? | | Undecided | 4) Do you support the construction of toll roads? | | | 5) Other or expanded principles |
Campaign Finance and Government Reform Issues
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| Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance and government reform. | | Yes | a) Do you support the current limit of terms for North Carolina governors? | | No | b) Do you support limiting the number of terms for North Carolina state senators and representatives? | | c) Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative candidates? | | No | 1) Individual | | No | 2) PAC | | No | 3) Corporate | | No | 4) Political Parties | | Yes | d) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? | | No | e) Do you support imposing spending limits on state-level political campaigns? | | Yes | f) Should North Carolina participate in the federal REAL ID program? | | g) Other or expanded principles | | No Answer |
Crime Issues
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| Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding crime. | | X | a) Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and hiring of additional prison staff. | | X | b) Support the death penalty in North Carolina. | | X | c) Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released. | | X | d) Implement penalties other than incarceration for certain non-violent offenders. | | | e) Decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. | | X | f) Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults. | | X | g) Support state and local law enforcement officials enforcing federal immigration laws. | | X | h) Support hate crime legislation. | | | i) Other or expanded principles |
Education Issues
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| Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education. | | X | a) Support state funding of universal pre-K programs. | | | b) Support federal education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students (No Child Left Behind). | | X | c) Support state education standards and testing requirements for K-12 students. | | X | d) Support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams. | | | e) Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any public school. | | | f) Allow parents to use vouchers to send their children to any private or religious school. | | X | g) Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries. | | X | h) Support using a merit pay system for teachers. | | X | i) Provide state funding for tax incentives and financial aid to help make college more affordable. | | | j) Support allowing illegal immigrant high school graduates of North Carolina to pay in-state tuition at public universities. | | | k) Other or expanded principles |
Employment Issues
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| Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding employment. | | X | a) Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers and teach skills needed in todays job market. | | X | b) Reduce state government regulations on the private sector. | | X | c) Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses. | | X | d) Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for children in low-income working families. | | X | e) Increase state funds to provide child care for children in low-income working families. | | | f) Include sexual orientation in North Carolina's anti-discrimination laws. | | | g) Include gender identity in North Carolina's anti-discrimination laws. | | | h) Increase the state minimum wage. | | | i) Support laws that prevent employers from dismissing employees at will. | | X | j) Support financial punishments for those who knowingly employ illegal immigrants. | | X | k) Support increased work requirements for able-bodied welfare recipients. | | X | l) Increase funding for employment and job training programs for welfare recipients. | | | m) Other or expanded principles |
Environment and Energy Issues
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| Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy. | | X | a) Promote increased use of alternative fuel technology. | | X | b) Support increased production of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil, etc). | | X | c) Support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops. | | X | d) Use state funds to clean up former industrial and commercial sites that are contaminated, unused, or abandoned. | | X | e) Support funding for improvements to North Carolina's power generating and transmission facilities. | | X | f) Support funding for open space preservation. | | | g) Limit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases linked to global warming. | | | h) Enact environmental regulations even if they are stricter than federal law. | | | i) Other or expanded principles |
Gun Issues
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| Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding guns. | | No | a) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | | Yes | b) Should citizens be allowed to carry concealed guns? | | No | c) Should a license be required for gun possession? | | Yes | d) Do you support current levels of enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | | Yes | e) Do you support current state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | | | f) Other or expanded principles |
Health Issues
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| Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health. | | X | a) Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state-funded care where necessary. | | X | b) Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government. | | X | c) Limit the amount of damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits. | | X | d) Allow patients to sue their HMOs. | | X | e) Require hospitals and labs to release reports on infections that are a risk to public health, while not compromising patient confidentiality. | | | f) Legalize physician assisted suicide in North Carolina. | | | g) Support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes. | | | h) Other or expanded principles |
Social Issues
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| Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding social issues. | | No | a) Should North Carolina recognize civil unions between same-sex couples? | | No | b) Should same-sex couples be allowed to marry? | | No | c) Should North Carolina provide state-level spousal rights to same-sex couples? | | Yes | d) Do you support a moment of silence in public schools? | | Yes | e) Do you support voluntary prayer in public schools? | | Yes | f) Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods? | | No | g) Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs? | | No | h) Should the state government consider race and gender in state government contracting and hiring decisions? | | No | i) Do you support affirmative action in public college admissions? | | No | j) Should North Carolina continue affirmative action programs? | | Yes | k) Do you support state funding of stem cell research? | | No | l) Do you support state funding of embryonic stem cell research? | | No | m) Do you support allowing pharmacists who conscientiously object to emergency contraception to refuse to dispense it? | | n) Other or expanded principles | | No Answer | | Legislative Priorities | | Please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding. | Legislative Priorities will be developed in the upcoming months as I continue to listen to the concerns of the citizens of House District 113 and review State wide concerns/issues.
The theme of my campaign is to move away from Government Solutions and move toward Individual Solutions; move away from Government Spending and move toward Individual Responsibility.
The three characteristics that I feel are essential in public service which have been missing in the leadership of the North Carolina House of Representatives are Integrity, Strong Work Ethic and a Commitment to Serving the Citizens of the State of North Carolina. |
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