Issues

These are the Core Issues that drive me. While they are only a high level overview, I hope these cards can describe the effects I hope to have in office.

Housing

Increase housing supply and decrease housing costs, setting up young people for richer, more engaged lives
Build walkable neighborhoods with mixed use, facilitating community and designed for people
Revitalize small towns through removal of mandatory minimum parking requirements and up-zoning
Renew focus on historical architecture and beautification of our towns

Transportation

Road design speed should comfortable, legal, and safe
New train lines to open up more housing and alleviate traffic
Build more housing to avoid adding cars to the road
The only solution to traffic is viable alternatives to driving
New MARC trains servicing locations like Annapolis and Ocean City

Taxes

Eliminate sales taxes and establish a $80k 0% income tax bracket
Reduce real property tax on improvements (don’t get punished for improving your home or business)
Transition tax burden to land value tax to discourage land speculation
Use taxation to disincentivize behavior that harms the community (pollution, congestion, etc.)
Remove taxation that disproportionally hurts the poor

Healthcare

Healthcare is too expensive
Expand the University of Maryland Medical School to provide an affordable path to become a doctor and decrease healthcare costs
Medicaid is lining the pockets of private insurance companies on the taxpayer dime; we need a better federal solution
Bolster state-sponsored mental hospitals

Homelessness

No one deserves to sleep on the streets
Homeless shelters and mental hospitals for people in need, with a focus towards transitioning people back into the community
We have far more homeless than beds, but we need more housing, not more homeless beds
Lower housing prices are THE ONLY underlying method to reduce and prevent homelessness

Policing & Civil Rights

Majority police focus should be on protecting and serving communities, not enforcing traffic laws
Federal police are subject to local laws; we will not tolerate illegal behavior from ICE
End civil asset forfeiture
Decouple the profit motive from policing; no more policing for profit
Widespread violation of a law usually indicates a problem with the law, not a problem with the community