New Hampshire State Legislative Election 2016 Political Courage Test

Abortion & Reproductive

1. Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life

2. Should abortions be illegal after the first trimester of pregnancy?
- Yes

3. Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape?
- Yes

4. Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered?
- Yes

5. Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- Yes

6. Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor?
- Yes

7. Do you support the prohibition of public funds for abortion procedures?
- No

8. Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions?
- Yes

9. Other or expanded principles
- Abortion should never be used as a form of Birth Control. Planed Parent hood should spin off its operation into two separate operations one for woman's health and the other for abortions.

Budget, Spending, & Tax

1. Tapping into New Hampshire's "rainy day" fund
- No

2. Decreasing funding for public universities
- Yes

3. Reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions
- No

4. Instituting mandatory furloughs AND/OR layoffs for state employees
- Yes

5. Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients
- No

6. Other or expanded principles
- The rainy day fund is exactly what it says, if we use it to balance budgets there will be nothing there on that "rainy day" we depend so much on Visitors to our state and somthing as simple as the weather could cripple the state.

1. Education (higher)
- Slightly Decrease

2. Education (K-12)
- Slightly Decrease

3. Environment
- Maintain Status

4. Health care
- Slightly Decrease

5. Law enforcement/corrections
- Maintain Status

6. Transportation/infrastructure
- Maintain Status

7. Welfare
- Maintain Status

8. Other or expanded categories
- It is easy to ask the question but we need to look at the big picture, we need the police , and people need to live, NH is one of the greatest states in the country and I for one would like to keep it that way.

1. Cigarette taxes
- Maintain Status

2. Corporate taxes
- Slightly Decrease

3. Small business taxes
- Slightly Decrease

4. Gas/Oil taxes
- Maintain Status

5. Property taxes
- Greatly Decrease

6. Income taxes (low-income families)
- Maintain Status

7. Income taxes (mid-income families)
- Maintain Status

8. Income taxes (high-income families)
- Maintain Status

9. Other or expanded principles
- We do not have an income tax and I would like to keep it that way.

Campaign Finance & Government Reform

1. Individual
- No

2. Political Action Committee
- No

3. Corporate
- No

4. Political Party
- No

5. Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits?
- Yes

6. Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information?
- Yes

7. Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting?
- Yes

8. Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls?
- Yes

1. Other or expanded principles
- I have seen many entering the polls and the people of NH , like our photo ID law , they feel that there vote counts and is not corrupted by those that would cheat the system by voting more than once.

Crime & Public Safety

1. Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes?
- Yes

2. Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders, such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment?
- Yes

3. Do you support legalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana?
- Yes

4. Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult?
- Yes

5. Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police?
- Yes

6. Do you support delaying the seizure of assets by law enforcement officials until after a conviction?
- Yes

7. Do you support additional funding for programs intended to reduce drug addiction in New Hampshire?
- Yes

8. Other or expanded principles
- The use of illegal drugs has increased in NH and we need to go after the people that are selling the drugs and put them away so our citizens are no longer at jeopardy of being victims.

Economic

1. Do you support government spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- No

2. Do you support lowering taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

3. Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector?
- Yes

4. Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers?
- No

5. Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits?
- No

6. Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits?
- Yes

7. Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation?
- No

8. Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure?
- No

9. Do you support an increase of the minimum wage?
- No

10. Should employers be able to ask about applicants' criminal history before interviewing them?
- Yes

11. Other or expanded principles
- Job training is OK , but when you have some employers that use state funds to onset their budgets it is wrong , NH does not collect income and sales tax so every penny we have should be spent well.

Education

1. Do you support the national Common Core State Standards initiative?
- No

2. Do you support a merit pay system for teachers?
- Yes

3. Is the tenure process for public school teachers producing effective teachers?
- No

4. Should parents be allowed to use vouchers to send their children to any school?
- Yes

5. Do you support state funding for charter schools?
- Yes

6. Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid?
- No

7. Should illegal immigrants who graduate from New Hampshire high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities?
- No

8. Other or expanded principles
- Common core holds back students that may someday be great, NH our college students leave the state, Students receiving financial aid should commitment to stay in NH. When it comes to illegal Immigrants, "Illegal" is the key, I believe that unless you are a citizen of this country you should get no services and not have any of the rights granted to us by our constitution. Illegal means that person is breaking the law why would we want to give anything to the person breaking the law , would we give drug a dealer a college education think about it.

Environment & Energy

1. Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- No

2. Do you support state funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)?
- No

3. Do you support state funding for improvements to New Hampshire's energy infrastructure?
- No

4. Do you support state funding for open space preservation?
- Yes

5. Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No

6. Do you support increased regulations of the hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") industry?
- Yes

7. Other or expanded principles
- I believe that any kind of energy should have to be able to prove it self, Solar energy is something that is great if it works but when we spend Billions on a company that produced nothing "we got taken".Greenhouse gas regulations only force our business out when countries like China continue to pollute the planet. I do not know much about fracturing , but what I do know is it may cause earthquakes so I think we need to be careful with regards to this technology.

Gun

1. Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No

2. Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows?
- No

3. Should citizens be allowed to carry concealed guns?
- Yes

4. Should a license be required for gun possession?
- No

5. Other or expanded principles
- This is one of those things where a few bad apples try to spoil the bunch, there are already background checks, the Bills that were submitted would require constant background checks and cause lots of financial expenses on the gun owner. Criminals do not get permits or Licences so if you take the guns away only the bad guys would have them. The second amendment was put in place was to insure the the people would never lose control of the government, 1st Amendment the to free speech, and the second amendment is the means to insure the first amendment

Health

1. Do you support a universally-accessible, publicly-administered health insurance option?
- No

2. Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform?
- No

3. Do you support interstate health insurance compacts?
- Yes

4. Do you support Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

5. Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance?
- No

6. Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits?
- No

7. Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes?
- Yes

8. Other or expanded principles
- Obama Care has proven to be a failure, it has caused many to lose their jobs , their hours have been cut, their access to health care has been eliminated because of co-pays and deductibles. We should repeal it as soon as possible. This is a prime example of what happens when one party controls all three parts of the government, The Democrats Rammed this legislation through having no Idea what it was "you have to pass it so we can see what it says" Quote from the Democrat majority leader of the house.

Social

1. Do you support same-sex marriage?
- No Answer

2. Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in New Hampshire's anti-discrimination laws?
- No

3. Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in New Hampshire's anti-discrimination laws?
- No

4. Other or expanded principles
- Same sex marriage , should be "Civil Unions" As a justice of the peace I have performed many same sex marriages and Civil Unions, two loving people are two loving people but there is a difference , when we cross the line with all this gay rights stuff it takes away from the Sanctity of marriage for those that have been married, Civil Unions give the same legal rights to your partners. when we start granting rights based on choices we enter a grey area of the law, it would be like forum shopping for the courts.

Legislative Priorities

In the following area, please explain in a total of 100 words or less, your top two or three priorities if elected. If they require additional funding for implementation, please explain how you would obtain this funding.
- NH needs to keep young people in the state , state funding of education should have commitments.NH has a problem with Drugs , we need to put the dealers in jail with mandatory sentencing, we need to require that drug users that are administered Narcan get follow up treatment, we should not be in the business of supplying needles for drug users. NH and its government is saying it is ok to use drugs and that is wrong!