1. Affordability for hard working families

• Rising prices for homes, homeowners insurance, flood insurance and car insurance outpace paychecks

• Groceries cost more.

• Childcare costs are wiping families out.

• Utilities and gas prices have risen.

Families feel like they’re barely treading water. These economic issues are squeezing hardworking people tight.

Growth without balance is stretching our community thin.

Working families are being priced out of the communities they serve.

Coastal growth has driven up property values, but wages have not kept pace. Families should not have to move an hour away just to afford to live.

2. Workforce Gaps

• Children's schools are overcrowded. More teachers are needed at livable wages.

• Waiting weeks for a specialist doctor appointment. Increased population and not enough healthcare speciality providers. Leading to adverse outcomes.

• Overall emergency response times are longer due to staffing and wage gaps.

• More workforce gaps are: skilled trades, pubic safety workers, childcare workforce, healthcare specialists, and mental health providers.

Our growth is outpacing our workforce pipeline. If we want strong schools and strong hospitals, we must make it sustainable to work and live here.

3. Income, Property, Tax Policy. Small businesses and workforce. Fiscal responsibility.

• Responsible income tax reform that benefits working families. Not just the highest earners.

• Ensure any tax cuts are sustainable and do not undermine funding for schools, healthcare, infrastructure, and public safety.

• Simplify the tax code to make it easier to understand and more fair to navigate.

• Fight for property tax relief for homeowners facing rising housing costs.

• Protect seniors and longtime residents from being taxed out of their homes.

• Targeted relief for small businesses that are the backbone of District 114 and South Carolina.

• Reduce unnecessary tax burdens on small businesses.

• Encourage economic growth without shifting the burden onto middle-class families.

• Ensure tax policy supports workforce development and local job creation.

• Balance tax relief with responsible budgeting.

• Prioritize essential services: education, roads, healthcare access, and public safety.

• Demand transparency in how taxpayer dollars are spent.

I pledge to work hard on our economy as SC State Representative and help our communities flourish responsibly.