“I am running for a seat on the Mount Pleasant Town Council because I am committed to the cause of making the Town of Mount Pleasant both efficient and fiscally sustainable for the current and future residents of Mount Pleasant.”

Economic Development:

1. As the next Mount Pleasant Town Councilman I will be a strong leader in planting the sign “Mount Pleasant is open for Business!”
2. I will lead the Council efforts to aggressively pursue new business.
3. We have no hurdles in SC to recruiting new businesses to the Lowcountry.
4. The first thing we must do is establish a business-friendly environment for all businesses (big and small). This means low taxes, less regulation, a balanced budget, a pro-business labor environment, health care and a highly educated workforce.

Economic Incentives:

1. The answer to recruiting new business to the Lowcountry is not economic incentives. If we only set our sights on economic packages – we are selling ourselves way to short.
2. We must take care of business at home first. Again, let’s have the best free market, pro-business environment anywhere in SC and the Nation. That means low taxes, less regulation, a balanced budget, a pro-business labor environment, health care and a highly educated workforce.
3. If we don’t demand that the Mount Pleasant Town government focus on establishing a pro-business environment, then economic incentives are meaningless.
4. Mount Pleasant is and can continue to be a great place to do business.
5. We can celebrate announcements like Boeing every year, and not every 20 years – if we provide an unfettered free market.

Will you vote to provide economic incentives?:

1. My priority is to be a leader on creating / maintaining a strong pro-business environment in Mount Pleasant. That is the single most important thing we can do to recruit business to the Lowcountry. Without this pro-business environment, no economic package is big enough to recruit new business.
2. Boeing left the state of Washington for several reasons. It was predominantly because of the state’s unfriendly labor environment. Perfect example, the 2008 machinist strike cost the Boeing close to $2 billion dollars – that strike only lasted 57 days!
3. The answer is I will not support the position of government picking winners and losers. Who gets economic incentives and who doesn’t. Big business versus small business. That is not the role of government.
4. What I will support are economic policies that are about freedom and limited government. I will support economic policies that let the free market flourish. I will support economic policies that create a highly educated and inspired workforce. And I will support economic policies that create a pro-business labor force.
5. Ladies and gentlemen it is these pro-business policies that are far more valuable to a company than economic incentives.

The Town of Mount Pleasant has some unique challenges. My campaign will focus on four key principles:

1. Create a strong and sustainable economic plan for the Town of Mt. Pleasant
2. Stay Focused on helping the Town of Mount Pleasant’s key critical core services succeed
3. Explore & create new opportunities for revenue through growth & privatization
4. Continue to create a pro-small business and a pro-family environment

What do you promises to do if elected?

Be a leader in brining solutions to the table to solve the shortfall in the Mt. Pleasant entitlement retiree healthcare program.

What are the top issues facing the District?

• Economy/Jobs
• Taxes
• Education
• Crime
• Retirement/Entitlement Plan Reform