Education has been and must remain one of Kansas’ most valuable assets. With the current economic situation in the State, I am committed to collaborate, negotiate and fight, as necessary, for appropriate funding of education for Kansas and the schools in the 10th District. I support providing what the Kansas Constitution calls for a “suitable provision for finance of the educational interests of the state”.

Growth in Kansas. With 25 years working with businesses to foster their growth, I know that growth is essential. I have worked with companies to define and implement change to allow them to be more successful. We need to attract new industries to Kansas, enhance our biosciences initiatives and create jobs in the industries we have.

Healthcare. More than 300,000 Kansans are currently living without health care coverage – 90 percent of whom are from working families. If we are going to fix our broken health care system, the legislature must begin working to deliver true, viable solutions to the many health care challenges facing our state.

The Environment. This session the legislature spent an inordinate amount of time on coal plants in western Kansas. 85% of the energy output would have gone to states other than Kansas. But almost all of the pollutants would have been ours. The governor offered compromise the legislature rejected it. On the plus side the rebuilding of a “green” Greensburg recalls the days when Kansas was a national leader and a testing ground for new ways of doing things.

Accountability. We need results, we need people who can deliver those results and be held accountable if they are not achieved. We cannot achieve results with "politics as usual". We need people in the Senate that are plain spoken, clear on their intent and willing to stand up for the district. I believe that my success in the legislature would be a natural extension of the successes I have had in business.