Issue Position: Good Government

Issue Position

Being a candidate has reinforced my observations about some the things that are wrong in our political system. We need several reforms, to help restore confidence in government. One example of out-of-touch government is the "guns everywhere" legislation passed earlier this year that allows for guns in churches, bars and airports.

I actively lobbied our state and national elected officials for over 20 years with some of my top concerns being safe schools and anti-bullying legislation and AIDS funding (both passed with bi-partisan support). I also initiated, wrote and successfully pushed through countless resolutions on public policy issues for the Lutheran Church. I believe that we must be strategic and engaging when influencing our elected officials to pass specific legislation. I have the track record to prove that I know how to leverage different groups to achieve results down at the Capitol.

We should change our system of drawing political district lines. Both parties have abused this system so we can't trust the politicians to do this job any longer. The current system encourages the most extreme voters to make the decisions for over 80% of the legislative seats in the primary, when the smallest number of voters are engaged. I strongly advocate we go to an INDEPENDENT system like Iowa or California, which have a non-partisan commission draw district boundaries. Getting this system approved in Georgia will not happen overnight, but we must start the discussion so citizens can put pressure on our representatives to do the right thing.

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