Schools and Education

Schools and Educational access are the backbone of the future of our Community. Many of my opponents will insist that Washington already has some of the highest funding for schools in the nation. But I, like so many of you, understand that what we have isn’t working nearly as well as it could or it should. Every child in Washington deserves access to a high-quality education, regardless of their zip code, income, or background. I support fully funding our public schools, paying teachers competitive wages, expanding career and technical education, and investing in mental health services, special education, and safe learning environments.

If elected I will draft and push legislation to directly fund and expand our curriculum requirements for students with an aim to ensure no student is left behind, and every High School Graduate is ready to enter the world better than any other in the Nation. I will push for stronger access to trade skill education and certification programs, as well as make secondary education a more accessible, and better guided pathway for interested students.

Young students deserve strong emotional and social support networks at home and in school, and I will make sure that resources are always available and offered to students who need it. No student will graduate before they are better educated in real world problems like tax-filing, resume drafting, basic cooking and household needs, as well as more requirements to expand into more complex issues like driving, computer science, or agricultural studies as well.

Children graduating school and entering the adult world these days are no less educated than they were ten or even thirty years ago, but the world has far outgrown the educational standards we have stood by. It is time to modernize our curriculum and give kids a fighting chance in a world that won’t go easy on them.

Political Accountability and Availability

I believe government should belong to the people again.

Political office has been treated as something reserved for the independently wealthy, the politically connected, or those backed by massive private funding networks or political parties.

One of the biggest barriers to public service is financial reality. Many qualified people simply cannot afford to run for office or serve once elected. That means working families, young professionals, laborers, caregivers, and community advocates- the most qualified of anybody to assess what a community needs- are often excluded from the legislative process before it even begins.

I support restructuring compensation for Washington State legislators by tying elected salaries to approximately the 80th percentile of Washington’s statewide income levels. Public service should provide enough stability for representatives to focus fully on. At the same time, I support strict limitations on outside income for sitting legislators. Elected officials should answer to their districts, not private consulting contracts, lobbying firms, or political parties. By elevating actual income and reducing outside interest money, more regular people who are focused on making improvements for their district will run, win, and succeed in office.

Public office should be accessible to teachers, tradespeople, healthcare workers, parents, and everyday Washingtonians, not just those wealthy or connected enough to self-fund political careers.

Communities are flooded with political mailers, excessive signage, attack ads, and outside money that often obscure real policy discussions. I will establish reasonable limits on campaign spending for state elections, scaled appropriately to the salary and responsibilities of the office being sought. Elections must be competitions of ideas and values.

I will push for mandatory state-sponsored debates hosted by independent moderators with equal and unimpeded access for legitimate news organizations and the public. Voters deserve open discussions centered on policy, accountability, and community priorities  not carefully scripted  and idealized media campaigns controlled by donors and biased interest groups. How often are political promises made with no real plan and then long forgotten once in office- isn’t it some kind of running joke at this point?

If elected, I will remain politically available to the people of this district at all times.

My office will operate with an open door policy focused entirely on the interests of our community not the interests of a political party, high value donor, or any one interest group.

Democrat, Republican, Socialist, Libertarian, Independent, or politically unaffiliated: your problems are real, and your concerns deserve to be heard. Representation should not end at the ballot box, and government can not only listen to the people who voted for the winning side.

Every member of this community will be welcomed and encouraged to bring their issues directly to me. Whether the challenge is large or small, local or statewide, I believe government should work collaboratively with residents to create practical solutions that improve people’s lives. Sometimes meaningful change happens through large reforms. Sometimes it happens by helping one person solve one serious problem. Both matter.

I believe legislation should begin with the people most affected by it. That is why I support what I call a “Legislator Initiative Model”  a system of direct district engagement where residents help shape legislative priorities through polling, public forums, and collaborative discussion similar to the current voter initiative model used in Washington.

Under this model, I will:

Regularly poll district residents on emerging concerns and policy priorities

Host community forums that bring people together across political and social divisions

Encourage open participation from residents regardless of party affiliation

Build legislation around practical solutions that work for the broader community — not just political supporters or donor groups

Too often, politics rewards division because division is profitable for campaigns and media attention. I believe our district deserves leadership focused on problem-solving, accountability, and direct public participation instead. The people of this district deserve a representative who is available, accountable, financially independent from private influence, and committed to hearing every voice in the community.

I am running to help build a government that is transparent, accessible, and genuinely connected to the people it serves.

Data Centers and Big Power Use

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the modern economy, but innovation cannot come at the expense of our forests, wildlands, water systems, and local communities. Massive AI data centers consume tremendous amounts of electricity, land, and cooling resources, often with little accountability to the regions who host them.

I support stronger limits on the placement and expansion of large-scale AI data centers in environmentally sensitive areas, particularly near protected forests, critical habitats, and undeveloped wildlands that make Washington the place we know and love. Washington’s natural landscapes are not disposable industrial zones to be wiped away in the interest of cheap, short term profit. Once old-growth ecosystems, wildlife corridors, and watersheds are damaged, they are incredibly difficult to restore, impossible in the lifetime of us, our children, or even theirs.

Technology and its advancement can and has progressed with the interests of the environment and local ecology in mind, I will fight hard to keep it that way.

I will push for legislation requiring any industrial computing or data facility consuming more than 5 megawatts of power to directly contribute at least 33% of its operational energy demand through clean or renewable energy generation. Large technology corporations benefiting from public infrastructure and local resources must help carry the responsibility of maintaining a sustainable energy future.

This policy will reduce pressure on residential power grids, encourage investment in renewable energy infrastructure, lower long-term environmental impact, protect communities from unchecked industrial expansion, ensure that technology companies contribute fairly to the public resources they consume, and most importantly, lower our communities electrical bill as we subsidize large corporations energy costs through record high bills with nothing to show for it.