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  • Vermonters are getting squeezed. Property taxes, heating/electricity, and healthcare keep rising, and rural Vermont feels it first and hardest.

    My focus:

    • Fight for transparency into cost drivers so we can target what’s actually inflating bills and address them.

    • Make affordability a test for every vote, rejecting new costs that lack clear justification, accountability, or results.

    • Strengthen the tax base through economic growth and better compliance, so Vermont can fund core services without repeatedly raising rates on taxpayers.

    • Oppose policies that raise rural utility costs without practical alternatives for NEK households.

    • Hold the state accountable for the full cost of its decisions, so new policies don’t shift expenses onto local taxpayers.

    • Protect seniors and working families from sudden spikes with targeted relief and guardrails, not broad permanent expansions.

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  • Across the NEK, businesses want to grow but can’t find workers. Housing shortages, limited childcare, and a lack of clear career pathways make it hard for people—especially young Vermonters—to stay and work locally.

    My focus:

    • Push for a pro-small-business climate with streamlined rules, faster approvals, and fewer barriers to local investment.

    • Support childcare solutions that help parents participate in the workforce, especially in rural communities where availability and hours are limited.

    • Expand trades, apprenticeships, and career pathways tied to local employers so people can build a future here.

    • Support workforce development and farm-succession programs that help young people enter agriculture and keep working farms operating across generations.

    • Back broadband and infrastructure reliability so modern businesses and local remote work can operate across Orleans–Lamoille and the NEK.

    • Align housing, workforce, and infrastructure policy, so job growth isn’t blocked by “nowhere to live.”

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  • Declining enrollment, rising fixed costs, and growing student needs are colliding. Schools shouldn’t be forced to do everything, especially when those added costs, driven by mandates, ultimately fall on local taxpayers.

    My focus:

    • Keep resources in classrooms, prioritizing instruction, academic achievement and support, and safe learning environments.

    • Push back on unfunded, low-value mandates that raise costs without improving outcomes, especially for rural districts.

    • Defend local decision-making so communities can meet standards in ways that fit their students, values, and circumstances, while staying accountable for results.

    • Strengthen community partnerships for mental and behavioral health supports, and substance use prevention, so schools aren’t carrying the entire load alone and families have real options.

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  • The healthcare system is increasingly out of reach for many NEK residents. Delayed appointments, limited mental health services for youth, and provider shortages push families to wait or travel for care, while seniors face growing gaps in home and long-term support.

    My focus:

    • Strengthen community-based and primary care so children, adults, and seniors can get timely care close to home.

    • Expand telehealth and rural access solutions supported by reliable broadband and practical delivery models.

    • Support the healthcare and home-care workforce with training, recruitment, and retention strategies tailored to rural Vermont realities.

    • Improve access to mental and behavioral health care, especially for youth and working families, so people can get help earlier and closer to home.

    • Encourage housing and care models that support independence, including home- and community-based services that help seniors remain at home while easing strain on families and the broader system.

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  • In the NEK, housing supply hasn’t kept up. Vacancy is tight, prices have climbed, and too many properties are unavailable for year-round residents. Infrastructure limits and slow permitting make it harder to build what working families, young adults, and seniors need.

    My focus:

    • Push for permitting and regulatory reform, so local housing efforts can move faster.

    • Fight for targeted infrastructure investments (water/sewer and broadband), so towns can add housing where it fits.

    • Prioritize incentives for long-term housing, so that state policy no longer favors short-term conversions at the expense of year-round residents.