As your State Senator, Jesse wants what you want. Good roads, effective schools, strong public safety and fiscal stability for the state. Alaska’s state government must prioritize Constitutional mandates and focus on infrastructure that allows Alaskans to build a meaningful life for themselves and their families.
Looking forward, securing affordable energy, helping Alaskans address the impacts of inflation, and an accountable education system are of extreme importance.
Fiscal Stability
A PFD You Can Count On
Prioritize and Cap State Spending
Oppose New Taxes
Public Safety
Prioritize public safety and support law enforcement, corrections officers
Manage state forest resources responsibly and reduce wildfire danger
Support our troopers and prisons to put bad guys in jail and keep them there
Good Roads
Build our roads to a higher standard of quality
Maintain, plow, and grade year round
reduce middle management to focus Department of Transportation resources on the roads
Effective Schools
Implement higher K-12 and University Admissions Standards
Prioritize vocational training and life-long skills that support informed and able citizens
Emerging Issues
Energy
We must take an all of the above approach to producing electricity and heat for our homes and businesses. The Legislature must act in coordination with the Governor and Industry to secure a reliable supply of natural gas for southcentral Alaska. Now is the time to maximize effort to produce and store natural gas in Cook Inlet and complete a pipeline project to bring natural gas to the Railbelt from the North Slope.
Inflation
The cost of groceries and utilities is straining the pocketbooks of Kenai Peninsula families. We cannot allow the government to drive costs up more by taxing goods and services. As your State Senator I am firmly committed to doing everything possible to block new taxes and lower the cost of living.
Fish
I strongly believe that we must responsibly manage the seafood resources we rely on for our livelihoods, food and recreation. The fishing practices we allow must be sustainable. As your State Senator and part of the Legislative Seafood Taskforce, I am applying pressure to the trawl industry to clean up its act. We must protect our stocks of King Salmon, Crab, and Halibut before it’s too late.