Frequently Asked Questions

Abortion: Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?

Pro-Life

Budget: In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?

NO

Crime: Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders?

Yes

Economy: Do you support federal spending as a means   of promoting economic growth?

NO

Economy: Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?

Yes

Education: Do you support requiring states to implement education reforms in order to be eligible for competitive federal grants?

NO

Social Security: Do you support allowing individuals to divert a portion of their Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts?

Yes

Energy: Do you support funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?

Yes, but not by Government

Environment: Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?

No

Guns: Do you generally support gun-control legislation?

NO

Health Care: Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?

YES

Immigration: Do you support requiring illegal immigrants to return to their country of origin before they are   eligible for citizenship?

YES

Marriage: Do you support same-sex marriage?

NO

National Security: Do you support targeting suspected terrorists outside of official theaters of conflict?

YES

I have followed local, county, and state politics most of my life. 

With my background in business, and education, I have talked to others about how important it is to be a good citizen, to understand our American ideas, and to participate in the civic process, starting by voting. 

It has seemed like a responsible process to serve as a citizen statesman when I see the community not being served by raising taxes, adding more government regulation, and not being accountable to the people of the District. 

Like most people, I had not been able to run for Legislative office because the time away from work for 90 business days, which is about 180 real days. 

This will include commuting weekly to Topeka, finding temporary housing, and being way from my family. With this physical requirements, I would not be able to work at a normal 40 hour a week job. 

After retiring from public education, I have the opportunity and more flexibility to serve. 

Marrying the best wife in the World

Being a parent of 3 boys

Being a in-law to a great daughter-in-law

Being a grand parent of 4 girls

Being an educator

Serving on the local Chamber of Commerce

Serving on the local township

Serving on the State Kansas Bed and Breakfast Board of Directors

 I am a strong believer in conservative principles. I believe firmly in lowering taxes on hard working Kansans and I did not agree with Representative Judd-Jenkins voting to increase them. I felt that this was a good time for me to step up and attempt to make a difference for my district and my state and to work to be sure citizens keep more of their hard earned money.

 In the recent years I brought my career in teaching business and special education to a conclusion, a year and half ago my wife Diana and I bought two local newspapers in Sumner County and have been working to take them further, and my wife and I have worked hard to continue growing Slate Creek Lodge Bed and Breakfast in Wellington and have been proud to be able to offer that service to multiple visitors. 

 If I am reelected, I want to put all my focus into working for Kansas families. I am strong voice for lowering taxes and getting government off of people’s backs. I stand up for the Second Amendment and the Pro-Life movement whenever these issues cross my desk and be a strong advocate for small business. I work hard on legislation that supports making our education system more efficient for students. 

 The supreme court has ruled that current state funding should increase. They look at finances provided from the money that you send to the state. We should look back of the last 8 years of the Kansas revenue and how much each entity has received, then give education and other departments the average percentage revenue it received in the past as a portion of the revenue received to each department that month. By using this budget, just as we would in our own family finances, we would spend current income, not unknow future income.

 First, we must honor the Entrepreneurship of local farmers and ranchers. We must support them with reduced state and federal regulations. We must support the education of young farmers through FFA and 4H organizations. Farmers and ranchers know better than any business the economic environment of the markets, By promoting a low tax, stable economy, we will help them prosper. 

 Safety of our citizens are priority one. Everyone knows that the cost of maintaining prisoners keeps increasing every year, but the long term costs of allowing drug traffickers and criminal drug addicts to remain on the street is multiple times higher. Drug traffickers must be dealt with severely and not pleaded to easier sentences.  Those with drug addictions that commit must be placed in treatment plans on the first incident and then the next incidents must quickly be treated with increased jail time and addiction treatment plans.

is set aside every year to pay for the education of each child in the state. Would you support legislation creating a program allowing parents to receive a portion of that per-student funding to pay for educational alternatives to the child’s assigned public school?*

• Yes, I support enacting a program that allows parents access to the state per-student funding set aside for their child’s education, which they can use to provide different education options to their student. This would be made available if the student is not ready for the next grade marker. Kindergarten, 3rd grade, 7th grade.

For the purposes of this question, corporate welfare is defined as a practice in which specific businesses receive taxpayer-funded cash incentives, favorable tax treatment, government-backed loans, or other exemptions, refunds, or abatements not offered to other businesses in the state. Examples of such programs in Kansas include PEAK (Promoting Employment Across Kansas), HPIP (High Performance Incentive Program) and STAR Bonds.*

• I do not support corporate welfare programs in Kansas.

Yes, I support prohibiting the use of tax dollars for lobbying.

Did you, or would you have supported this bill?

I would not have voted for this bill.

known as KanCare, through the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, popularly referred to as Obamacare? (This includes ANY proposal designed to alter KanCare in such a way as to draw down enhanced federal match rate funding through Obamacare.)

I do not support any proposal to expand Medicaid in Kansas through Obamacare.

do you believe they pay too much?*

• Yes, I believe Kansas ratepayers pay too much for electricity.

for carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions in Kansas?*

• Yes, I support legislation prohibiting a cap and trade program in Kansas.

For example, such legislation would prohibit utilities from charging residential electric utility customers extra in order to pay for electric car charging stations in the utility’s service territory.*

• Yes, I support legislation to prohibit utilities from engaging in cross-subsidization practices.
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• Yes, I support legislation that requires publicly traded electric utility companies to refund to ratepayers any additional revenues they receive as a result of the federal tax reform bill.

in the state legislature to approve any legislation which would increase taxes?*

• Yes, I support legislation requiring a super-majority vote to increase taxes.

which clarifies that the legislature has the authority to determine spending levels for K-12 education, and not the Kansas Supreme Court?*

• Yes, I support a constitutional amendment confirming the legislature’s authority to set spending levels for K-12 education.

and that such requirements might act as a barrier to opportunity for those seeking to enter licensed job fields?*

• Yes, I generally believe that too many jobs in Kansas require an occupational license.

Do you believe we should cut spending, raise taxes or a combination of both to eliminate such a deficit? (For the purposes of this question, “raise taxes” means any combination of policies which result in a net increase in revenue collections above what would have otherwise been collected under the current tax code.)*

• I believe we should cut spending to pay down any future budget deficit.

to at or below the rate of inflation (adjusted for population changes), AND Requires any revenues collected in excess of the allowed amount (last year’s revenue level adjusted for population growth and inflation) to be refunded to taxpayers?*

• Yes, I support legislation limiting the growth of the state government’s annual expenditures to the rate of inflation, adjusted for population changes – and I support refunding to the taxpayer any revenues collected in excess of that limit.

No, I do not supporting existing law which, in most cases, prohibits localities from increasing property taxes about the rate of inflation. The local Townships, School Boards, Cities, and Counties should have the flexibility in a free market to determine their tax rates, either to increase or lower as needed

Revenue and Expenses must balance fiscal mandates. We must promote to the World the Kansas is “Open for Business”. We must develop a comprehensive tax plan is pro micro and small business growth. We must have a simple individual tax plan that Education funding

Since this is over 60 % of the Kansas budget. We must get a consensus by Kansas taxpayers how much they are willing to fund local school boards from the money they are earning. The more the Taxpayer is paying on one budget item the less is available for other agencies such as Mental Health and Roads. 

We must make government services so that all Kansas taxpayers can understand their value 

We must reduce regulation, licensing, and fees for micro business. 

We must continue to have cost reductions in State agencies by allowing budget carryovers so that agencies do not have to “spend it or lose it”