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When my wife and I were building our business in Carl Junction, we learned quickly that you can't spend money you don't have. You plan, you prioritize, and you make sure every dollar is working hard. That's not a political philosophy — it's just common sense.

Yet too often, government operates by a different set of rules. Budgets grow year after year, programs multiply, and the bill gets passed down to the next generation. Missouri families deserve better than that.

Fiscal responsibility isn't about cutting services people depend on. It's about making sure every tax dollar is spent with the same care and accountability that hardworking Missourians apply to their own household budgets. That's the standard I hold myself to, and the standard I'll bring to public service.

Carl Junction is a tight-knit community. Parents here know their children, know their teachers, and know what kind of education they want for their families. That knowledge doesn't exist in Jefferson City — and it certainly doesn't exist in Washington, D.C.

When curriculum decisions are made by distant bureaucrats, they inevitably reflect priorities that don't match the values of Southwest Missouri families. Local school boards, parents, and educators are the right people to be making those calls.

I believe in school choice, parental rights, and keeping educational decisions as close to the family as possible. A quality education should reflect the values of the community it serves — not the agenda of whoever happens to be in charge at the state or federal level.

The founders didn't write the Constitution as a set of suggestions. They wrote it as the supreme law of the land — a framework designed to protect individual liberty and limit the power of government. Understanding that framework is essential to preserving it.

Through my work with Patriot Academy, I've had the privilege of teaching constitutional principles to students and community members across Missouri. The response is always the same: people are hungry for this knowledge. They want to understand their rights and how their government is supposed to work.

Civic education isn't just a school subject — it's the foundation of self-governance. When citizens understand the Constitution, they're better equipped to hold their elected officials accountable. That's exactly the kind of informed, engaged community I want to help build in Southwest Missouri.

I've been an ordained minister for many years. That calling shapes everything about how I approach life — including public service. Faith, for me, isn't a political tool. It's a personal conviction that we are called to serve others, to act with integrity, and to leave our communities better than we found them.

Southwest Missouri is a community of faith. Churches are the backbone of our social fabric — they provide community, support families in need, and instill the values that hold neighborhoods together. I believe government should respect and protect that role, not crowd it out.

When I think about why I'm involved in public life, it comes back to that sense of calling. Not to accumulate power or advance a career, but to serve — to be a voice for the families and communities I've been part of my whole life.