Great Meeting with Bob Lewis who is the owner of Columbia Vista the last saw mill operating on the Columbia River in our area. Bob is a great steward of our natural resources. Columbia Vista is having some issues with over reach and unwarranted regulation by our state DNR. The Democrats continue to add environmental [...]
6th Special legislative session, with small economic dip
As a state legislator I voted no on the current budget for only one reason, not enough in reserves. We were called into special session last cycle when we supposedly had a $700 million dollar reserve and this current budget we have $400 million. What do you think? One small glitch in the local economy [...]
Is there really mystery money for light rail?
A Article by Michael Ennis in this weekends Columbian titled – Voters deserve the light-rail vote they were promised, made me ask Is there really mystery money for light rail? After two years of in depth discussion on light rail, Vancouver City Council says they may be able to fund the maintenance and operation of [...]
Welcome to my Web site! Here you will find information about our district, the legislation that I have sponsored and co-sponsored, news releases, video updates, and much more. I have spent a lot of time with citizens around the district in the last year. They were clear in their message. Businesses and families in Washington cannot survive any more taxation and unsustainable budgets coming out of Olympia. We need to make sure people have jobs, keep our tax rates low, show fiscal responsibility with the state budget, allow businesses to be productive without fighting excessive regulations and provide a quality education for our children. Throughout the session, I encourage you to keep in touch whenever you have questions, comments or an idea to share. Please call, email me, or send a letter. My door is always open, and I appreciate hearing from people in the 17th District. I am grateful and honored the people of our district have sent me to Olympia as their state representative.
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