I lived at 6225 Mountainview Drive, Cheyenne, WY since 2005. I am a 4th generation Wyomingite, born and raised in Lander. I have lived in Cheyenne for 28 years and in Fremont County for over 35 years.

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I am a graduate of Lander Valley High School and the University of Wyoming. While growing up I worked on the family ranch feeding cows before class. My first job out of law school was clerking for the district court in Lander. In 1985 we moved to Cheyenne where I worked in the Attorney General's office. Two of our three kids were born in Cheyenne. We moved to Riverton in 1990 where I opened my own law practice. In 2005 the family moved back to Cheyenne. I continue practicing law today. I have served in the Wyoming legislature since 2011 representing Cheyenne and Laramie County. My service to the State has been one of the great honors of my life.

There are challenges and opportunities wherever you look. To name a few: Health care desserts coupled with ever increasing medical costs; community impacts from multiple property tax relief proposals with no backfill; Aging community infrastructure coupled with declining and aging populations and shrinking local revenues; fewer children and the less school resources due to legislative actions. Despite such challenges, Wyoming remains one of the best kept secrets in America. We have the people and natural resources to secure our way of life now and for years to come. We have the lowest individual tax burden in the U.S. Wyoming is consistently ranked as one of the best managed state governments in the country. We do more with less. We have a balanced and stable state budget, one of the best school programs in the world and developable natural resources to protect our standard of living and Wyoming way of life for generations to come.

We work on aspects of this problem every session. Health care related matters constitute the largest component of the State budget. This is a all hands on deck issue. This includes ensuring adequate funding our healthcare workforce, reducing red tape to direct more time and dollars for direct care, expanding telehealth services and supporting rural emergency service districts. We have funded new construction for the State Hospital in Evanston and Life Resource Center in Lander. We have provide grants and matching funds of rural hospitals an clinics ARPA dollars for rural hospitals like the new hospital in Riverton. Much more must be done, directly and indirectly. Vibrant, attractive communities draw medical professional to Wyoming. Maintaining existing services keeps providers here. All of us must continue to work together to protect our citizens and communities across the state.

No, with minor exceptions, such as adding state land to national parks (like the Kelly parcel) and potential small building sites to facilitate the construction of low-income employee housing.

We are the lowest taxing state in U.S. Our schools, local governments and special district rely on property tax revenue to provide essential services and maintain our standard of living for all of Wyoming. Further cuts will impact our ability to retain good health, quality education and essential services. Everyone loses.

To compete in regional and national markets, bring in new business, and help expand existing industries fostering economic development is a fundament building block for Wyoming's future.

Yes. The political terrain in Wyoming has morphed in the past several years. Out of state dark money involving negative, misleading, and often patently false statements are common place. Almost overnight it has become a multi-million dollar industry. Transparency is essential to ensure fair and informed decision making by the public.