Issue Position: Ethics and Honesty

Issue Position

"If you always tell the truth you don't ever have to remember what you said." -- Harry T. Crawford.

I know I'm not the first person to say that, but it is a rule that I live by. I wish that more people would do the same. Corruption in politics has become so common that most people aren't bothered by it anymore. They think that it comes with the territory. Well it bothers me, it does not come with the territory and in fact it makes me mad as a hornet.

It has been an honor to serve the hardworking folks of the east Anchorage district in the Alaska House of Representatives and it's hard for me to give that up. Really hard.

You know, I don't pretend to have the answers to everything, but I'll always tell you the truth and that's a promise. In the Alaska House I always told people what I thought and sometimes we disagreed. That's fine. That's how the process of democracy works. We are facing serious issues and serious issues require serious debate and honest answers.

In 2008 our economy plunged into a deep recession, rivaled only by the Great Depression. People are struggling. Hard working men and women have lost their jobs and their homes. Some have lost everything.

In the past year we have begun to bounce back, but we have a long way to go. We need to get moving in the right direction. We have to address the issues without bias or conflict of interest, find the common sense solutions to America's problems and have the courage to take them on. We can do this, but only with honesty, integrity, hard work and by saying yes to putting people back to work and bringing manufacturing back to our shores. This is my promise to you as your representative to the Congress of the United State of America. I will represent the people of Alaska, serving only their interest. By sticking to the truth, reaching across the aisle for bipartisan support and reaching out to you for your voice, we will pull through all of this and we will be better than ever before.

That was the past. This is our future. Let's build Alaska together.

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