I have had my fill of listening to claims by various candidates (including my Republican opponent) about cutting taxes and removing regulations that hamper businesses. None of these claims detail specific taxes or regulations they believe need to be cut or removed. They all appear to be sound bites!

I think of myself as being a reasonable and common sense person. I do believe there are Missouri taxes and business regulations that need to be changed, modified, or eliminated. I also know that taxes and business regulations have been either voted into existence by the voters or their representatives to address problems, generate money for voter identified tasks, or to regulate markets or business practices that the voters desired to be regulated.

As your 141st Missouri State Representive I want to work with other representatives from all political ideologies to ferret out obsolete or useless taxes and regulations. But first I want to ask the question: “What possible impact(s) will occur if we eliminate or change specific taxes or regulations?”  I certainly do not want to eliminate or change a tax or regulation if the action results in bigger problems.

My guiding principle as your Representative is to always remember I work for the voters and my responsibilty is to always work to better the lives of the people of the Missouri 141st Legislative District.