Dear Neighbor,

On August 24, 2010, you’ll be voting for your next state senator candidate in a primary election. Your current State Senator will be leaving due to term limits, and I am campaigning for that senate seat.  Senate District 2 includes all of Holmes and Washington counties, and parts of Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, and Bay counties.  Please allow me to introduce myself and let you know I am the true conservative in this senate campaign.  I am serving in my eighthand final year in the House of Representatives due to term limits.  I believe I possess the critically needed legislative experience and leadership skills to serve you well as your next state senator.

Experience:: I have a strong 11-year legislative record in the Florida House of Representatives.  My public service in the House began in 1998 as a Legislative Assistant to Jeff Miller, then serving in the Florida House.  After Jeff Miller was elected to the U.S. Congress, I served as Legislative Assistant to Jerry Maygarden, the House Majority Leader at the time.  In 2002, I was elected to the House of Representatives and subsequently reelected.   During my 7-year tenure in the House, my leadership skills and experience have been broadened and honed through service on several different councils and committees.  I now Chair the Economic Development and Community Affairs Policy Council—one of the House’s five (5) primary Councils.

Conservative Values:

• I am a true blue conservative who believes our strength is in our families.
• I believe in being guided by a strong and enduring sense of right and wrong and personal convictions about justice and honor.  Thus I believe that life begins at conception and I am against abortion.  I am against marriage between people of the same sex.
• I believe our U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence define us as a Nation and are relevant to the present day.
• I believe in limited government that represents the people and that maintains and protects a wide realm of liberty.
• I believe in transparency in government and oppose the creation of more bureaucracy.
• I believe in private property rights and in creating opportunities and empowering people, not government.
• I believe in free markets and in the spirit of entrepreneurship.  I believe we should be able to pursue happiness unencumbered by over-taxation, over-regulation, or by debilitating government handouts.
• I believe that the Second Amendment of our Constitution is a cornerstone of our democracy and that the right to bear arms is a constitutionally-protected right.  I have been a member of the NRA for over 25 years and have been an A+ rated member in the Florida Legislature.

My family and I have lived in Northwest Florida since 1978.  I graduated from Tate High School, Pensacola Junior College, and from the University of West Florida where I earned a B.S. in Political Science with a minor in Economics.  Prior to serving in the House, I participated in several professional development programs including Leadership Pensacola, Toastmasters, and Junior Achievement.

Thank you!  I appreciate your taking the time to visit my website.  I hope you will agree that I am a highly experienced and qualified candidate worthy of your vote.