If you want something done right, you do it yourself. I intend to do this myself, because I want it done right! If what is being done in the Colorado State Assembly is not good for me – it undoubtedly not good for anyone else living in Adams County.

Edward Casso is constantly voting for tax increases. I see a State Assembly out of touch with the reality of living in Colorado. 

 

1.      Jobs: As I have said, others speak of jobs. I want our schools to create qualified employees. Qualified and educated employees will attract industry to Colorado. Programs to create jobs will work for our high school graduates only if they are taught the skills to become employed.

2.      Taxes: The first thing that all of our Republican legislators must do is refuse to vote yes on any bill that will further raise the tax burdens on Coloradans. That is the only way to address this problem.

3.      Small Business: The primary employer of most Coloradans is small business. I have asked countless small business owners and entrepreneurs, “What do you want me to do when I get to the state legislature for you?” Their answer is always the same: “Nothing!” That is what I will do for small business, stay out of their way.

 

 

1.      Reduce the restrictions on businesses that have made it difficult for them to thrive in Colorado.

2.      We must not become California, where businesses founded there, such as Bechtel, American Building Maintenance and The Bank of America, and may others, have chosen to leave due to tax burdens and other restrictions. 

3.      Create a business environment so that business and industry will want to come here. Develop a skilled and well educated work force. (As the Japanese model.)

 

 

Edward Casso is second from the bottom in CATS list of Colorado legislators approving of taxes and fees. I will emphasize to the Adams County voters that I am one of them, and I do not like seeing my taxes go up any more than they do. I will not vote yes on tax increases, be they sales tax, income tax, property tax, or any other taxes and fees that might come before the legislators.

 

 

The party should have been more vocal and proactive in keeping taxes down. Even when a minority party, the Republican Party should constantly be introducing bills and proposals that will lower the people’s taxes. If the Democrats want to reject these proposals, then let them go on the record as being opposed to lowering the people’s taxes.

 

The party should be introducing legislation to lift restrictions on local businesses so they can thrive and hire new employees. Again, even if we stand alone, let the Democrats go on the record as opposed to proposals that will enable the local businesses to hire more people.

 

 

1.      Lifting as many restrictions on business as possible.

2.      Have our school budget include programs to teach our students to either have a marketable trade, or be qualified to enter college.

3.      In Fitzsimons we have continuing expansion, and we should be training our high school students to be qualified to work there.

4.      Give tax breaks to businesses particularly those in high tech and bio tech which we will want to relocate to Colorado.

5.      Find out specifically why businesses are leaving other states. Then change our laws, where necessary, to see that businesses stay in Colorado and/or are enticed to relocate to Colorado.

 

 

 

 

Competition is the primary source of lower prices in any field. We must encourage competition in the field of health insurance. As with anything we pay for, the more that is available the lower the costs. I would work with other legislators to encourage completion in health insurance. I would work with other legislators to first determine the reasons some costs are high and then determine if legislation can effectively reduce those costs. Often legislation is not the solution. 

 

 

Cutting spending is far more popular with the people than raising taxes and fees. It seems that any time a state wants to cut, they go right to the fields that the people need the most, such as police, teachers, or firefighters. I would rather we cut some of the bureaucracy that only hinders the people. But, I will be quick to say now, that I do not know who or what should be cut. I will wait to learn that when in the legislature.

 

For example: When negotiating future state employee labor contracts, we can make some holidays floating holidays. When employees work on holidays, they are paid overtime. Floating holidays would cause the holiday workers to not be paid overtime.

 

 

Neither the Constitution of the United States nor in the Constitution of the State of Colorado establishes the right to abortion.

 

That being said, I believe that as long as young women need abortions, they should be safe. If they are not legal they would not be safe. I could not with a clear conscience vote yes on a bill that would to make all abortions illegal in Colorado. I will read and consider anti-abortions bills on an individual basis.

 

 

Marriage has been a religious and government sanctioned union of one man and one woman for so many millennia that no one has ever been able to account for its real origins.

I have often asked, if we make marriage between two members of the same sex the law of the land, “what is in it for the state of Colorado?” 

No proponent of same sex marriage has ever had an answer for that. Many of those in the Homosexual and Lesbian community say they want to be married to so that they can have the same rights that are afforded a married couple. These rights can be bestowed by legislation.

Unless someone can explain to me the advantages to the State of Colorado in making same sex marriage the law of the land, I would not vote in favor of it. 

 

As a holder of a Concealed Weapon Permit I did not find the application or the regulations particularly burdensome or lax. I was required to take a course on gun safety and the basic laws, and then prove I could fire the weapon safely and accurately.

 

The fees were not particularly high, and I found no difficulty in doing what was required for the permit. Hence, I see no need to change these laws at this time.