July - 16- 2026
🏛️ Issue of the Week: Government Can Help or Hurt Our Economy
Summary
As a business owner, community leader, and even a dad, government affects my life every day as I try to make decisions. And I can say one thing- stability is better than rapid, uncertain swings when it comes to policy, procedures, and taxation. Rapid swings usually mean radical agendas, not well thought out plans.
Take Amendments 4 and 5. Neither are well thought out proposals which make it difficult for families, businesses, schools, or local governments to make the best long-term choices.
Amendment 4 shifts political power away from citizens and toward well-funded special interests. Rather than broad public support driving policy, organized minority groups could determine the outcome of major issues. That means more instability as government changes based on who can influence a small segment of voters.
Amendment 5 will destroy our tax system and our budgets- with no plan and no voter oversight. Businesses, including many small businesses that have never collected sales tax, will be forced to quickly build new systems to collect and remit those taxes, raising costs through both higher taxes and added administration. Kansas tried a similar experiment and nearly bankrupted the state before abandoning it. If Missouri repeats that mistake, businesses, schools, and families will once again pay the price.
These amendments are troubling not only because of their likely effects, but because they leave so many important questions unanswered. When businesses, schools, governments, and families cannot confidently plan for the future, investment slows, services suffer, and communities lose momentum. Uncertainty isn't good for commerce, and it isn't good for the economy.
Key 33 Details – We Can’t Grow Well In Unstable Environments
Our district continues to grow because people see the value of our schools, senior services, safe communities, and thriving local businesses. That success comes from city governments, citizens, nonprofits, and businesses working together with long-term planning, even while facing funding cuts and unnecessary bureaucracy from Jefferson City. With the opportunity coming our way, now more than ever, we need to be able to make good decisions that integrate the public, private and non-profit sector.
Unfortunately, our current State Representative has supported these volatile proposals, while failing to answer even basic questions. At a recent town hall, and then on social media, she couldn’t answer even the most basic questions including how Amendment 5 would affect the state budget or how much sales taxes might increase.
We need better leadership. This lack of reliable leadership and poor decision-making creates harsh consequences that all of us will have to absorb so she can win political points within her party.
A Better Path Forward & Conclusion
A stronger economy depends on government that is accountable, efficient, and predictable. Good policy should give families, businesses, schools, and local governments the confidence to plan for the future, not force them to react to constant uncertainty.
That's why I chose to run for State Representative: to bring people together, restore accountability, and make sure every voter has a voice in the decisions that shape our communities. It's also why I encourage you to vote NO on Amendments 4 and 5.