State Representative- 8th District 

Your Opinion Matters

Below are the results of the survey: Click on each diagram to see the results.

1. What is the biggest issue you believe the state should consider when thinking about creating a state-operated health care program?

2. What should be the biggest priority in addressing health care?

3. Do you believe Insure Missouri is a program worth pursuing?

4. Should Missouri change the state’s seat belt law so that law enforcement officers have the power to pull over a driver solely for not wearing a seat belt?

5. Would you support eliminating the annual cost of living adjustment in the state’s minimum wage law?

6. Do you support fixing reinstating the state’s previous overtime rules to allow firefighters and police officers to work more than 40 hours in a week without triggering overtime pay?

7. Should the Missouri General Assembly pass a law prohibiting state government social welfare agencies from paying non-emergency benefits to illegal aliens?

8. Do you believe the legislature should pass a law that would require Missouri businesses to participate in the Department of Homeland Security’s Basic Pilot Program to confirm the legal status of their employees?

 9. Are you in favor of legislation that would create penalties for Missouri businesses that hire illegal immigrants?

10. Which of these solutions do you believe is the best?

11. Would you support an initiative to create a baseline salary for new teachers of approximately $30,000 if they have a college degree, regardless of experience or hiring district?

12. Do you believe a merit based system or step based system is more appropriate to determining teacher salaries?

13. Should Missouri repeal legislative term limits?  

14. Should Missouri prohibit the Department of Agriculture from participating in the National Animal Identification System?   

16. Should Missouri establish statewide regulations to rules on concentrated animal feeding operations, superseding local ordinances?