1. How does Virginia’s transportation funding formula benefit Loudoun County and what, if anything, should be done to improve the current process?

The current transportation funding formula does provide benefits to Loudoun County; the question is whether those benefits are equitable given the amount of money (tax dollars) county residents send to the State. I will support all efforts that give Loudoun County taxpayers more “bang for their bucks” in terms of badly-needed transportation upgrades, both county- and region-wide.

2. How would you more effectively align the Commonwealth’s and the County’s sources of revenue with their respective service responsibilities?

By making sure that the Commonwealth’s funding plans adequately address the needs in Loudoun County as the top priority before funding other regions’ needs. We should not be expected to prioritize others’ problems/ projects over those of the people living, working and paying taxes in Loudoun County.

3. With Virginia facing a teacher shortage crisis, what current or future measures will you support that will have an impact on this challenge?

I will support efforts that would help teachers (as well as police, fire, and EMT personnel) live closer to the areas they serve. This includes affordable housing units as part of future developments, so that those who serve the public to not have to live in Winchester, Front Royal, West Virginia or rural Maryland in order to find afford housing.

4. How can the Commonwealth become a more effective partner in addressing Loudoun’s housing affordability challenge?

The Commonwealth should partner with local authorities -- including especially the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors -- to ensure that developers include affordable housing in future projects that are not grandfathered in through existing “by-right” agreements.

5. Do you support Virginia’s Right To Work laws? Why or why not? If not, what superior solution would you propose?

Yes, the right to work is fundamental to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” No one should be compelled to fund -- through dues or other contractual obligations -- unions whose preferred candidates and causes they do not agree with as a precondition for employment.

6. Please describe what best qualifies you to hold the office you’re seeking.

A lifetime of military service (35 years, including school), founded on an ironclad commitment to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. I will bring that same orientation and dedication to service as the representative of the people of House District 87 as I brought to the Air Force, in both combat and peacetime.
 

Source: BizVotes Candidates Questionnaire