About Me & My Campaign
About Me
My most important accomplishment has been raising my five children, three of whom grew up in the Shippensburg School District (at left fishing on Youth Trout Day at Laurel Lake). All have attended public school, and safe quality education is an important part of my platform.
I have over 30 years experience in environmental health and safety, working in higher education, heavy industry, and in manufacturing. I have brought in millions of dollars in grants, coordinated with government agencies to keep others safe, and have written countless proposals, procedures, and manuals in compliance with government regulations.
My family all love the outdoors and camping with relatives in the Pennsylvania parks and forests. I am an avid hunter and fisherman, glad to see that others in the House have worked to move the opening day of deer season back to where it belongs.
My Platform
The state must invest additional funding in public education to reduce pressure on local property taxes to fund school districts and ensure that schools in the 193rd have the resources they need to provide every student with a strong foundation and a chance for a bright future.
In addition, the state legislature must ensure that tuition paid to cyber charter schools aligns with the cost of an online education. We cannot afford to continue to send excess tax dollars to cyber charters that to be wasted on advertising, lavish CEO salaries, excessive fees to for-profit management companies and other things unrelated to educating our local students.
I would seek legislation to block or place extreme limits on future data center installations to protect our environment, health, and wallets. See Legislative Initiatives page for details.
Lastly I want to create a Converse-1983 bill that would restore a basic promise that if your rights are violated you can seek justice through the courts. This is essentially a Civil Rights Protection Act that would create a law that holds federal agents and officials accountable. We must protect our constituents from federal abuse of their constitutional rights. See Legislative Initiatives page for details.