I believe firearm own­er­ship is a basic indi­vid­ual right. I will sup­port all leg­isla­tive efforts to make Mary­land a ‘shall issue’ state. I will oppose any leg­is­la­tion that would require reg­is­ter­ing the pur­chase of firearm ammu­ni­tion. I will sup­port state leg­is­la­tion that would pro­tect estab­lished shoot­ing ranges from clo­sure due to local noise ordi­nances or nui­sance actions for noise throughout […]

I believe the pur­pose of tax­a­tion is to fund only the con­sti­tu­tion­ally autho­rized func­tions of gov­ern­ment, I call for dra­matic tax cuts at the state and local lev­els. I sup­port a bal­anced bud­get at state and local lev­els through sig­nif­i­cant cuts in spend­ing and taxes. I assert that sig­nif­i­cant spend­ing and tax cuts will pro­duce sub­stan­tial eco­nomic growth and […]

I believe we must be respon­si­ble stew­ards of Maryland’s resources and envi­ron­ment; and we must adopt a com­mon sense approach that takes into con­sid­er­a­tion the envi­ron­men­tal and eco­nomic impact. We must con­tinue to encour­age waste reduc­tion and recy­cling and encour­age soil, water and wildlife con­ser­va­tion prac­tices. I sup­port the pre­em­i­nence of per­sonal prop­erty, eco­nomic pros­per­ity and freedom […]

I believe health­care is best pro­vided by the pri­vate sec­tor, and that uni­ver­sal or gov­ern­ment health­care will reduce the qual­ity and avail­abil­ity of care. Hos­pi­tals, doc­tors, and other health­care providers should be account­able to patients– not to politi­cians, insur­ance bureau­crats or HMO Admin­is­tra­tors. We sup­port con­sumer based /​​ non-​​​​government solu­tions to our health­care needs. I sup­port the […]

I believe the pri­mary pur­pose of gov­ern­ment is to pro­tect the inalien­able rights of life and lib­erty and, beyond its con­sti­tu­tional func­tions; there is noth­ing that can be done by gov­ern­ment as effi­ciently as it is done by the peo­ple.  I believe the peo­ple have the abil­ity, the dig­nity and the right to make their own decisions […]

I believe the role of gov­ern­ment is to uphold the law and main­tain order, to pro­tect the inno­cent, resolve dis­putes and pun­ish crime. I sup­port fun­da­men­tal tort reform to reduce law­suit abuse. I believe emi­nent domain should be used solely for pub­lic use with the bur­den of proof upon those attempt­ing to take prop­erty; I sup­port leg­is­la­tion pre­vent­ing the […]

I believe the goal of edu­ca­tion is the devel­op­ment of knowl­edge­able and respon­si­ble indi­vid­u­als, in order for our edu­ca­tional sys­tem to be suc­cess­ful; it must be account­able to the par­ents of the community. Parents should be afforded as many options as pos­si­ble includ­ing pri­vate, home or alter­na­tive based edu­ca­tion. I advo­cate choice in edu­ca­tion and I sup­port the […]

I believe that less gov­ern­ment is bet­ter gov­ern­ment. I sup­port every rea­son­able effort on the part of all gov­ern­ments and tax­pay­ers to limit tax­ing and spend­ing. I believe that the pur­pose of tax­a­tion is to fund the con­sti­tu­tion­ally man­dated func­tions of gov­ern­ment: I believe envi­ron­men­tal prob­lems can be solved more effi­ciently with inno­va­tion and tech­nol­ogy than with more […]

I do not oppose slots, I believe the slots belong at Lau­rel Park and NOT at Arun­del Mills. The place­ment of a video lot­tery facil­ity within close prox­im­ity to a res­i­den­tial neigh­bor­hood is counter pro­duc­tive to main­tain­ing qual­ity, family-​​​​centered com­mu­ni­ties for its citizens.

I believe in a sound immi­gra­tion pol­icy cou­pled with vig­or­ous enforce­ment of immi­gra­tion laws is essen­tial to secur­ing our home­land. I sup­port empow­er­ing local and state gov­ern­ments in coop­er­a­tion with fed­eral agen­cies in iden­ti­fy­ing and pro­cess­ing ille­gal immi­grants. I believe Eng­lish should be the offi­cial lan­guage of Mary­land. I sup­port leg­is­la­tion that will pro­pose heavy monetary […]