This year’s election offers the chance to move away from state government that is too big, too arrogant and too loose with our money – a chance to end the cronyism that has held us back as a state for decades. I am running for office because I believe that the public is tired of elected officials who only pay “lip service” to these problems instead of actually working to solve them.
South Carolinians should not settle for an over-priced government that provides mediocre results. I envision a limited but effective government that provides value and real results for our tax dollars and promise that I, starting in my first legislative session and continuing in subsequent sessions, will work with a growing number of like minded legislators and our next governor to pass common sense reforms in these four areas:
FIRST, taxing and spending reforms to more effectively target our finite resources to core services, eliminate wasteful spending, and ultimately return more money to the taxpayers of South Carolina.
SECOND, structural reforms to the executive branch so that it can efficiently execute the laws and serve as an appropriate and effective check and balance on the other two branches of state government.
THIRD, judicial reforms to increase the independence of our judiciary and to make it a truly co-equal branch of state government.
FOURTH, legislative and ethics reforms to lessen the influence of special interest groups, increase the participation of our citizens and enhance the autonomy and powers of local governments.
