Why Send Daniel Boone USAF Lt Col (ret) to the Texas Legislature?

This election may well determine the future of our hill country. Our local population is forecast to quadruple by 2050, and this stresses our resources and infrastructure more each year. We have to get state functionaries out of our business and develop the best county level polices. I am also concerned relief from property and franchise taxes, public education and our roads. Eliminating waste while creating transparency and accountability in our state government will be top priorities when I am your representative. I do not take money from special interests; my only allegiance is to you and the hill country.

· Water: We must be true conservatives in protecting our water supplies for ourselves and our children. Water management is one of the most important issues. Currently, our water is not being adequately preserved and protected. With professional skills in statistical analysis, I know we must improve our computer modeling of groundwater availability and use for the 2020 report to State Water Development Board.

· Growth; 95% of our district is unincorporated and our county commissioners cannot help us manage growth due to state law. We need local management of growth so that we can continue to enjoy our special life style. I favor legislation that will enable our county commissioners to help locally as we see fit, right here at home. If we do nothing, we will have city style sprawl and the destruction of our hill country.

· Public Roads; I oppose double taxation and the conversion of our public roads into toll roads. Continuing this effort – and opposition to the Trans Texas Toll road are among my top priorities.

· Alternative Energy: Our legislature must promote the use of wind and solar development. Incentives now will create the new Texas boom – providing jobs and sustainable energy for generations. I will take bold steps in the legislature to insure leadership in this area.

· Education: We must reduce state bureaucratic restrictions and return control to the local district. All children deserve a superior education with both vocational and academic education accessible and respected. Eliminating the TEKS Test, keeping good teachers and taking care of retired teachers must be part of our goals. The tax monies we have must go directly into classrooms with local needs determining our priorities.

· NAIS; National Animal Identification System seems sensible upon first look. However, it must be defeated as it creates undue bureaucratic burden upon local operations and will grow a bigger government while limiting our personal freedoms.

I will work to curb development over the water recharge zones, and to ensure safe, pure drinking water for our children’s future. Current leadership has stood by as developers of high density growth, shopping centers and huge parking lots have spread across the Austin-San Antonio Corridor resulting in paved sprawl over the Edward's Contributing and Recharge Zones in Hays, Comal, Bexar and now spreading into Bandera, Kendall and Medina Counties. The EAA leadership has stated that when the water gets dirty, that they will "create treatment plants to clean it up." Who wants to be drinking reprocessed toilet water?. Do we want our representative to work for us, the people or to work behind the scenes, partnering with suburbia's water marketing importers?

I have done it all – grew up in poverty; picked cotton lived in a fire tower and sold cars. I enlisted in the Navy and Army and eventually went to college on the GI Bill, earning a PhD. Entering the Air Force as an officer, I was sent to Waco VA for an internship. Because, in addition to other professional experience, I have worked in negotiating contracts, managing multi-million dollar contracts and mediated contract disputes I have skills useful for a legislator.

I believe in the principle that the job of State Representative is to represent all the people and because I love the hill country, I am running for the HD73 seat and solicit your vote.