Government is most effective at the local level. Joe supports efforts to further empower local government.
As a former elected official at both the city and county level I am a strong proponent of local control. I believe that in recent years Lansing has gotten into the bad habit of micromanaging issues that should be the responsibility of local elected officials.
As your Representative I will:
- Vote to maintain and increase revenue sharing to local governments
- Work to fix the discrepancy in the amount of revenue sharing dollars that go to Southeast Michigan compared to West Michigan
- Let our local elected officials do their jobs! I will let city councils run cities, township boards run townships, and school boards run schools.
