What 2 things about your opponent do the voters need to know?

The only information I can find is that Tammy Lake appears to have a connection to Kristin Crist. Full disclosure, I have a facebook friend status with Kristen as well from previous community organizing and Trump Rally business.

This is a Republican primary race.  Do you promise, if elected, to abide by the RPT platform? And if not, please enumerate what problems you have.

I Do promise to abide by the RPT Platrofm

Define what the word "Conservative" means to you.

Grounded on the principle of Individual Liberty and bound within limitations provided within the United States Constitution.

Are you willing to put in the time necessary to attend CEC meetings, additional committee meetings, training sessions, blockwalking, etc?

Yes

Do you think the 'Republican' brand should be used by PACs in their names that may deceive voters? Why or why not?"

I feel the use of the word Republican should be accesible to a PAC but I also feel that official Republican Party organizations should have a level of official designation that would prevent any confusion. This brand recognition should be controled, enforced and defended by the party at the highest levels. Case in point is the 2 MoCo Republican party websites that are confusing to all but the most informed.

What best describes your political ideology most(circle only one).   
1.        Republican                     
2.        Grassroots                     
3.        Conservative
4.        Tea Party

2 Grassroots. This is where it all starts and the power must be held by the people.

How do you believe precinct chairs should be involved in elections? (election judge, clerk, none?)

I feel it is the Pct Chair responsibility to ensure their precinct gets out to vote and is informed about party candidates running in that election. I dont necessarily feel that the chair should be running the pct election operation but they should ensure that party volunteers are activly involved and oversee a high level of engagement from the Pct Party voters.

Do you like the Steering Committee style of leadership currently in place or that of just a county chairman?

I believe a steering committiee is important to influence the direction of the party based on the input from the larger CEC body and that the chairman should have limited power. There is a reason why we have seperation of powers and it needs to be applied at the most local of political organizations. The chairmans role should be to provide unitfication and leadership for the county party. 

Do you beieve that the county chair/precinct chairs should actively participate in at least one committee?

I believe they should participate at every level in the organization they can, including committiee participation.

Should the county GOP chair be involved with fundraising? Why or why not?

No. Fundraising can create a number of conflicts of intrest for the party as an active member of party leadership. 

Should party primaries be "open" or "closed" & why?

Primaries should be CLOSED to ensure the party votes are pure and of the citizens and not corrupted by oposing party votes calculated to have a certain influence.

Should the GOP County Chair be selected by the elected County Executive Committee, or in the Open primaries where Democrats can cross over for more moderate candidates?

The county chair should be elected by a vote of the CEC Precinct Chairs who are elected by their precinct voters.

There's discussion about making major revisions to the RPT Platform. Please describe the nature of any major changes you support.

I am not aware of these proposed changes at the time of writing this but I do support the current PRT platform abopted in 2022.

What's your position on Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan?

From the outside it doesnt look like Dade Phelan is a true Republican and certainly not a consensus bulding leader of the party.

Would you support legislative action to establish a salary framework (possibly related to the Gov. salary) for all taxpayer funded employees with a stipulation that elected officials be required to get voter approval to exceed that framework for their own salaries?

I do and this should be applied to school boards as well.

Do you support or oppose social programs in our schools (like C-Scope, Common Core, CRT, International Baccalaureate, SEL, etc.)? Why or why not?

Vehemetly oppose any social conditioning programs in our schools. Its a school, teach these children reading, writing, mathematics, history, government, personal finance, trade skills and how to be sucessful in life and compete at the global level.

Is there anything in your background of an embarrassing nature that should be explained before your election? Arrests/Convictions? Bankruptcys?

Some youthful indescretions but nothing major.

Do you agree with precinct chairs involvement in republican primaries? Why or why not?

I believe the pct chair should ensure that voters turn out for the primaries but they shouldnt use their position to incluence any outcome. the primary is for the voters to choose and be heard, not the will of party officials.

Should the county GOP chair be involved in any other political organizations, including PAC's, while serving a term as the chairman? Why or why not?

No they should not. Conflict of intrest rules apply here and the party chair should be completely inpartial to individual PACs and campaigns. The county chair shold be aligned and true to the RPT and the CEC.

At what point should the "right to life" or "personhood" be granted to new human beings (e.g., at conception, sign of heartbeat, 3 months of pregnancy, birth, 5 days old, etc)? What action, if any, will you take to reflect this in law?

Abortion is one of those issues that I try not to delve too deep into. I feel this one issue will make a person forget about anything else and just go for or against based on this. Personally I feel that the heartbeat is establishment of life and I feel that abortion should be accesible on extenuating circumstances such as rape and medical risk. In my younger years I was more pro choice leaning. In my family with 4 daughters we have struggled with teen pregnancy in highschool and college. Try as we might, we didn't get the message across to our girls. We struggled internally with making these decisions, how this would impact their education or careers. Our girls are natural born mothers and looking back Im glad they chose not to abort and we supported our girls as hard as it was. Today we have 8 grandkids and I couldnt imagine not havine any of them with us. Even if they do try our paitence and sanity on a dialy basis.

What, if anything, should be done to protect our borders from illegal immigration?

Secure the border. Nobody comes in without proper documentation and visas-FULL STOP.

Go anywhere else in the world and border/imigration is strictly controlled. We are the laughing stock of the world with our govt endorsing an open border invastion directly linked to giving away our funding, voting rights and the American culture.

What does being a conservative mean to you?

Being Family focused, Christian principles bound by the constitution and The 28 Principles of Liberty

Principle 1. The only reliable basis for sound government and just human relations is Natural Law. Natural law was defined as the order in which the Creator made everything work properly. There are certain laws which govern the entire universe, and just as Thomas Jefferson said in the Declaration of Independence, there are laws which govern in the affairs of men which are "the laws of nature and of nature's God." If governments and human relationships are formed according to these laws, they will succeed, if not, they will surely fail, as history has proven. (First paragraph of the Declaration of Independence.)

Principle 2. A free people cannot survive under a republican constitution unless they remain virtuous and morally strong. The Founders knew they could not succeed in this political building without the support of the "Supreme Judge of the world" and without a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence ." They knew this would not happen unless they kept His commandments which amounted to being virtuous and morally strong. (Last paragraph of the Declaration of Independence.)

Principle 3. The most promising method of securing a virtuous and morally stable people is to elect virtuous leaders. No greater case can be made of the damage done to a free people by power-hungry and tyrannical leaders than the long list of abuses Thomas Jefferson listed in the Declaration. While directed at King George, these abuses are typical of leaders who are without virtue and morality. (List of grievances in the Declaration of Independence)

Principle 4. Without religion the government of a free people cannot be maintained. As in Principle 2, the Founders knew they could not succeed in this political building without the support of the "Supreme Judge of the world" and without a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence ." They believed they would have His support and protection if they relied on Him, constantly kept His laws, and taught their children to do likewise. (Last paragraph of the Declaration of Independence.)

Principle 5. All things were created by God, therefore upon Him all mankind are equally dependent, and to Him they are equally responsible.The Founders considered the existence of the Creator as the most fundamental premise underlying all self-evident truth. The words Nature's God, Creator, created, Supreme Judge of the Universe, and Divine Providence are used throughout the Declaration of Independence.

Principle 6. All men are created equal. (An exact quote from the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence)

Principle 7. The proper role of government is to protect equal rights, not provide equal things. "-That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men." (Second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence)

Principle 8. Men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights. (Second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence)

Principle 9. To protect man's rights, God has revealed certain principles of divine law. The Founders knew that God had revealed certain laws for human happiness, such as laws against killing, stealing, adultery, lying, coveting, etc. These are reflected in the right of man to form a government to protect his unalienable rights of life, liberty, and property outlined in the Declaration and the Bill of Rights.

Principle 10. The God-given right to govern is vested in the sovereign authority of the whole people. The last paragraph of the Declaration makes it clear that the people as a whole, by their representatives in Congress, have complete authority from the Supreme Judge of the Universe to govern themselves in every way and to take their rightful place among the sovereign peoples of the earth.

Principle 11. The majority of the people may alter or abolish a government which has become tyrannical. The second paragraph of the Declaration makes it clear that the people have a God-given right to throw off dictators and establish a government that will better protect them in their rights.

Principle 12. The United States of America shall be a republic. Article 1.2.1 of the Constitution sets forth the provision that gives the American people the right to vote for their own representatives, thereby making the United States a constitutional republic of the people.

Principle 13. A constitution should be structured to permanently protect the people from the human frailties of their rulers. In forming our government on the basis of Natural Law, the Founders dealt directly with the human nature characteristic that power almost always corrupts. The separation of powers, checks and balances, and limited governmental powers in the Constitution were all methods employed to check the human frailties which result in run-away power. That is why the Constitution will never be obsolete or outdated.

Principle 14. Life and liberty are secure only so long as the right of property is secure. The fifth amendment of the Bill of Rights specifically prohibits the federal government from taking private property of the people for public use without just compensation. It is a recognition of the sacred right to property and that property is really an extension of one's life and liberty.

Principle 15. The highest level of prosperity occurs when there is a free-market economy and a minimum of government regulations. Other than setting up a proper monetary system and ensuring the free flow of commerce between the states, no power is given to congress to regulate economic affairs of the people. It is a manifest intent to keep the federal government completely out of the free-market economy and to leave any needed regulation to the states.

Principle 16. The government should be separated into three branches - legislative, executive, and judicial. Articles I, II, and III of the Constitution create this beautiful separation of powers to prevent the tyranny of consolidated government.

Principle 17. A system of checks and balances should be adopted to prevent the abuse of power. This constitutional system of pitting human nature against human nature by checking each other's power is pure genius.

Principle 18. The unalienable rights of the people are most likely to be preserved if the principles of government are set forth in a written constitution. Of the 200 or so nations on the earth today, about 125 of them have written constitutions. However, ours is the oldest one-one of the youngest nations has the oldest written Constitution. The Founders were the first in modern times to realize that the best way to preserve good government and the rights of the people, is to write them down.

Principle 19. Only limited and carefully defined powers should be delegated to government, all others being retained in the people. Article 1.8 contains the twenty powers delegated to congress; Article II contains the six areas of responsibility of the president; and, Article III contains the eleven kinds of cases assigned to the federal courts. The Tenth Amendment reminds us that all other powers are reserved to the states and the people.

Principle 20. Efficiency and dispatch require government to operate according to the will of the majority, but constitutional provisions must be made to protect the rights of the minority. Article VI declares the Constitution to be the supreme law of the land. If a law is passed which violates the rights of people, it can be declared null and void by the guardians of the Constitution.

Principle 21. Strong local self-government is the keystone to preserving human freedom. The Tenth Amendment leaves most power to govern with the states and local governments. This is where freedom really manifests itself.

Principle 22. A free people should be governed by law and not by the whims of men. The people reserve the right in Article I.1.1 not to be governed by any law not passed by their representatives. Article III gives the power to the judiciary to prevent a citizen from being prosecuted by an unjust law which violates the unalienable rights of the people.

Principle 23. A free society cannot survive as a republic without a broad program of general education. The reaction of King George to the list of grievances in the Declaration of Independence is an example of why tyrants want to keep the people ignorant of their actions. In order to preserve and encourage the sacred right of people to gain knowledge, the Constitution forbids the federal government from involving itself in education of the people. It leaves this responsibility to the states and the people where it can be locally controlled. (Tenth Amendment)

Principle 24. A free people will not survive unless they stay strong. Article 1.8 gives Congress the power to maintain a military.

Principle 25. "Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations - entangling alliances with none."   No authority can be found in the Constitution for the United States to tie its sovereignty to any other nation or to give the people's money to foreign rulers.

Principle 26. The core unit which determines the strength of any society is the family; therefore, the government should foster and protect its integrity. No authority can be found in the Constitution to involve the federal government in family affairs. The Founders knew any laws dealing with these kinds of sensitive issues must be kept close to the people, thereby best preserving this most sacred institution.

Principle 27. The burden of debt is as destructive to freedom as subjugation by conquest. Article 1.8 lists "to pay the debts" as the first use of public funds. The Founders considered it immoral to pass debts on to the next generation.

Principle 28. The United States has a manifest destiny to be an example and a blessing to the entire human race. The entire Constitution was intended to be such a model for the world of how a people can govern themselves and thereby enjoy an unlimited amount of freedom, prosperity, and peace. Our greatest export was to be freedom.

List 3 changes that should be made to how elections are conducted in Montgomery County.

I dont have an opinion on this matter as I havent seen any problems. My Pct 65 elections run quite well from my own personal experiences. Even the ladies come yell at me if I get to close.

Do you support current RPT chair Matt Rinaldi in full and if not, what do you disagree with?

I do not have enough research on the subject of Matt Rinaldi's performance as RPT Chair. I would like to see some party movement on unifying MoCo leadership and fising the situation we are in. The mediation report is nice but it doesnt look like were doing anything about it and in affect running 2 independent Republican Parties in MoCo.