Issues & Priorities

Northern Kentucky sits at the crossroads of two major interstate corridors. The same highways that drive our economy are being exploited for the trafficking of fentanyl, illicit drugs, and human victims, costing lives, destabilizing families, and overwhelming first responders. 

As a resident and witness to this issue, I will prioritize targeted interdiction along the I-75/I-71 corridor, strengthen coordination among local, state, and federal law enforcement, and ensure communities have the resources to disrupt supply chains without over-policing everyday citizens. 

Public safety cannot stop at enforcement alone. We must pair accountability with recovery supporting treatment, mental health services, and long-term solutions that reduce demand while restoring hope to families affected by addiction.

Protecting our communities means defending life, dignity, and opportunity so that parents can raise children safely, workers can commute without fear, and neighborhoods can thrive rather than merely survive. 

 Small businesses are the backbone of Northern Kentucky. Still, too many are being squeezed by rising costs, complex regulations, and a tax structure that favors large corporations with lobbying power over local owners who actually live here.

As Representative, I will work to lower the tax burden on working families and locally owned businesses while pushing back against policies that make it harder to hire, expand, and stay open. Economic growth should reward those who take risks, create jobs, and invest in their communities, not just those with the best accountants.

Lowering taxes must go hand in hand with simplifying regulations, cutting waste, and ensuring that state policy supports entrepreneurship rather than smothering it. A strong economy is not built from Frankfurt outward; it is built block by block on Main Street.

When small businesses thrive, wages rise, communities stabilize, and families gain the dignity that comes from opportunity rather than dependence.

 Education should prepare students to think critically, work skillfully, and contribute meaningfully to their communities. Too often, our schools are asked to carry the weight of social experiments, political agendas, and bureaucratic mandates while the fundamentals are neglected.

With your trust, I will work to raise academic standards, strengthen curriculum quality, and ensure that classrooms remain focused on education itself: reading, writing, mathematics, science, history, and civic understanding. Parents deserve transparency, teachers deserve support, and students deserve an education that equips them for real life.

Excellence does not mean uniformity. It means setting high expectations, respecting local control, and giving educators the tools they need without micromanagement from Frankfort. A strong education system honors families, rewards effort, and restores confidence in public institutions.

When education is restored to excellence, opportunity expands, communities grow stronger, and the next generation is prepared not merely to inherit this Commonwealth but to build it.

The strength of the Commonwealth begins with strong families and the freedoms that allow communities to live according to conscience without fear of coercion. These freedoms of speech and assembly are not partisan privileges. They are constitutional guarantees.

As Representative, I will defend the rights of parents to raise their children, ensure that people of faith may practice and speak openly without intimidation, and protect the foundational liberties that allow civil society to function. 

Respecting faith and family does not mean forcefully imposing belief systems or relativism; however, it means preserving space for people to live, work, and serve according to deeply held convictions while honoring the rule of law. 

A free society requires restraint from those in power and dignity for those they serve.

Preserving constitutional freedoms is something our hard-working Kentuckians first, which ensures that future generations inherit a Commonwealth where liberty is protected, not rationed.

Northern Kentucky’s growth and stability rely on infrastructure that is safe, reliable, and built with foresight. Roads, bridges, utilities, and public works shape everyday life from commute times and public safety to economic opportunity and family well-being.

The work ahead is practical and specific: easing congestion, improving roadway safety, maintaining existing assets, and supporting responsible growth along key corridors used daily by workers and small businesses. Infrastructure funding should be disciplined, transparent, and driven by real needs, not political favoritism or short-term thinking.

Good infrastructure is an act of stewardship. Neglect today becomes a heavier burden tomorrow, passed on to families and taxpayers who did not create the problem. Planning wisely now protects both public dollars and community trust.

When infrastructure is done right, communities function better, businesses grow with confidence, and families gain back time, safety, and stability in their daily lives.

 Public safety is a foundation, not a slogan. Communities function when people trust that help will arrive when it is needed and that those who protect and serve are equipped, trained, and supported to do their jobs well.

Law enforcement officers, firefighters, EMS personnel, and emergency responders operate on the front lines of society’s most difficult moments. They see what most people never have to and they carry that weight long after the call is over. Supporting them means more than words. It means proper training, adequate staffing, reliable equipment, mental health resources, and policies that value accountability and professionalism without abandoning those sworn to serve.

Northern Kentucky faces unique public safety challenges, from growing traffic corridors to substance abuse, mental health crises, and emergency response demands tied to regional growth. Addressing these realities requires cooperation between local agencies, community leaders, and state resources, not political posturing or blanket approaches detached from lived conditions on the ground.

A strong public safety framework protects both citizens and those who serve them. When systems are balanced, firm where necessary, compassionate where appropriate, communities are safer, trust is restored, and responsibility is shared rather than fractured.

Public safety succeeds when respect moves in both directions and when duty is met with support rather than distance.

 Strong communities are built on strong families, and families thrive when children are protected, guided, and given a stable foundation. This is not an abstract ideal; it is a practical reality that shapes education outcomes, public safety, economic mobility, and long-term cultural health.

Children deserve environments that are safe, ordered, and rooted in responsibility. Families deserve policies that respect their role as the primary caregivers, educators, and moral stewards of the next generation. When families are weakened, government grows larger but results grow poorer.

Northern Kentucky’s future depends on reinforcing what already works: parental involvement, accountability in education, community-based support systems, and institutions that uphold responsibility rather than undermine it. This includes protecting children from exploitation, addressing substance abuse and mental health challenges within households, and ensuring that policy decisions do not replace the family but strengthen it.

Communities flourish when families are treated not as problems to be managed, but as partners in building a stable society. Restoring that balance is essential not only for today’s children, but for the generations that will inherit this Commonwealth.

A society that protects its children secures its future.