Why?

Declaration and Contract with our city.

My politics are simple in our increasingly complex city and country: Protect the Innocent, Defend the Defenseless, and Rescue the poor from Wickedness. I’ve been misquoted on this statement in multiple news organs but it is from Psalm 82: 3-4, and tells me what my politics should be.

I am running for City Council in order to help apply this word in Colorado Springs.

My Four Main Tenets are:

1. The 2020s will be the decade about energy for Colorado Springs. The next decade will see us focus on grid security, grid stability, electricity distribution, and diversity of power generation. The first key is to make sure citizens have electricity when they turn on their lights. That means resilience and reliability can not be magically waved off by various agendas to retain a stable electrical grid. The second key is to ensure electricity generation does NOT increase the percentage of household budget that our families must pay for utilities. Keeping these costs low for our families protects the innocent and rescues the poor from wickedness.
2. The past two decades saw Colorado Springs solve a lot of long-term water problems but we must continue to acquire water rights, build and maintain water infrastructure, and make sure our citizens have water when they turn on their taps. Like Electricity, resilience and reliability can not be magically waved off by various agendas to retain a stable water grid. Keeping these costs low for our families protects the innocent and rescues the poor from wickedness.
3. A huge problem in our city is human trafficking. Geographically, our city is close to the north-south and east-west intersection of I-70 and I-25. That means we will face even more serious human trafficking and drug problems in the years ahead. The 2020s will demand that we as a city respond to the requirement to protect the Innocent, defend the defenseless, and rescue the poor from wickedness. Our city must support our superb police with whole hearts in these efforts because they defend the defenseless.
4. We are a Home Rule city in Colorado. That means we can resist the State government in Denver when their mandates are bad for the citizens of Colorado Springs. I will strive to use Home Rule to open up our city, businesses, and churches. I would also use Home Rule to associate consequences to Marijuana possession. Think about it. In spite of all the public uproar over the departure of Space Command, one of their quiet reasons is that they do not want their soldiers, sailors, marines. airmen, guardians and their families in a city that’s been wishy washy on legalizing recreational Marijuana – that some publicly said would happen after the Space Force decision was made. Like it or not, letting our city be wishy washy on Marijuana turned into a critical business decision for DoD and will continue to impact DoD and Commercial business decisions by employers deciding whether or not to place employees and families in a place that either robustly keeps recreational marijuana away from our children and citizens or is wishy washy until its legalized. Another topic to which I would apply Home Rule is resisting environmental dictates that actually hinder our desire for diverse power generation. Future issues we might have to resist with Home Rule could be tighter attempts to force closures of churches by Denver mandate and threats to our 2nd Amendment rights. My bottom line on Home Rule is: To protect our citizens’ freedom, our churches, citizens’ businesses from the current shutdowns mandated by the Governor, and our families, it is PAST time for our city to flex its muscles as a home rule city in Colorado.

“Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness begin at conception.”

– Jay Inman in “God is Woke“