Proposed Legislation
- Revise the state composite index which disadvantages Northern Virginia counties and cities for schools funding from the state
- Research the feasibility of Medicaid paying for obesity drugs and weight-reduction surgery (gastric bypass) to cut down on obesity-related ailments like diabetes and heart disease and improve longevity and quality of life for citizens, especially the poor.
- Expand community health centers to give folks in underserved areas access to specialists (a number of providers do not accept Medicaid leading them to use emergency rooms, which are costly)
- Facilitate job training and mentoring partnerships for at-risk youth to make it easier for them to be productive members of society instead of living a life of crime. This involves matching them with businesses in need of workers to remove them from bad neighborhoods and family situations.
- Expand Community Police Partnerships, restore death penalty for most-violent offenders, repeal allowing shoplifters to steal up to $950 in merchandise before they can be charged with felonies, restore cash bail and impose harsh sentences on drug dealers and people purveying porn to minors, which Democratic politicians in Richmond have blocked. Require people convicted of sex trafficking, which is growing, to have their assets seized upon conviction and have proceeds go to the victims.
- Equalize tolls on I-66 from Falls Church to the Roosevelt Bridge with rates for I-66 express lanes west of Beltway and invest more of the toll money into completing the widening of 66 and 267 “split”; restore HOV-2 on 66 and 495 and establish discounts/rebates for solo drivers using express lanes frequently, similar to what Florida does on its toll roads.
- Have the state, not localities in NoVa, pay the Metro subsidy, which is how Maryland has done it for years, saving Northern Virginia county and city taxpayers at least $250 million yearly. Jump-start widening I-95 from Fredericksburg to Richmond and fund some interchanges on the Fairfax County Parkway and Rt. 50 to alleviate congestion.
- Cap county supervisor annual salaries at $100,000 and school board member salaries at $40,000 due to excessive increases approved this year by the Democrat-controlled boards in Fairfax and Loudoun, create pay bands based on population size, which is done for city council salaries.
- Replace the motor vehicle personal property tax with a revenue neutral tax for counties, cities and towns that is fairer; replace authority to charge plastic bag taxes but allow counties and cities to offer 1 cent for returning plastic bags to remove plastics from the waste stream more effectively.
- Expand affordable housing options, especially 3-bedroom units— which can be most helpful for folks with children – and expand senior and active adult housing to create greater supply of single-family homes for families, by implementing proposals by Gov. Youngkin, his predecessor and the firm McGuire Woods, including regulatory changes to help builders.
- Pass the resolution to have Virginia join 19 other states in seeking a Convention of the States (under Article V of the Constitution) to propose amendments that “impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for its officials and for members of Congress.”
- Support increasing the amount of in-state students accepted to Virginia state colleges and universities from 66 percent to 70 percent to ensure more seats for Northern Virginia high school seniors at UVA, William & Mary and other state colleges and universities, which are accepting too many non -Virginia students.
- Allow cities and towns to have council elections in May, but liberalize procedures to enable citizens or councils to approve November elections. Democrat-controlled General Assembly in 2021 forced all city and town elections elections to be in November, thus making them all partisan.
- Revise laws that require all cars sold in 2026 be electric or hybrid (which is an unattainable goal) and amend Virginia Clean Economy Act, which has imposed 30 percent gas and electric bill increases on consumers with unrealistic carbon-reduction goals.
- Update 2008 law on tree preservation to include ability to save mature "street trees" and limit destruction of old growth trees and shrubs during public works projects by the state, county and municipalities -- including VDOT.