I will work

hard for excellence in all schools, through greater local control, empowerment

of teachers, increased accountability and rewards for teachers, putting

para-professionals back in the classroom, and promoting more competition

for the State Senate, District 34, who supports school choice for parents

supplemented with tuition and tutorial scholarships.

Secondly, our

quality of life is greatly impacted by growth, which results in increased

traffic and poor air quality. I am a proponent of managed growth, which

follows an adopted long-range plan that matches growth with the appropriate

infra-structure of transportation, schools, etc.

Lastly, managing

the size of government is the key to reducing our growing tax burden.

Our government needs to do more with less. I will support a review of

all government services to make sure they are appropriate, and I will

support legislation which lowers the state income tax rate, returning

a portion of the yearly state tax surplus