Mike Nykreim's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Washington State Legislative Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-life | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support legalizing abortion when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| I'm pro-choice, I chose life. | |||
| No | a) In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| No | b) In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| WSST on growth brings in more tax revenues than any income tax can and 10x's faster. Any one with experience in real estate development, such as myself, knows this for a fact. Problem is, most electives are horribly ignorant of this. We spend too much. Our state just finished a one mile bicycle lane that cost more to build than 12 new High Schools. I have been able to take my bike on 520 for the past 25 years, safely. I can fill a book with state overspending. I'm available for a public meeting at any reasonable time. | |||
| No | a) Do you support a limit on campaign contributions to state candidates? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| No | e) Do you support automatic voter registration? | ||
| I had to go to a Fire station with birth certificate in hand to register to vote. That applied to everyone. There is ZERO verification of eligibility to vote in our state. Voter registration with same moment ballot harvesting by single party activist. No ID verified voting method? Ballots now mailed off to all addresses? Hum, and whatever could go wrong with that? And, this can be trusted? Don't think so. | |||
| No | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| Yes | b) Should an individual under 18 accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support the use of private prisons in Washingon? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| No | f) Should State Patrol agents be allowed to destroy firearms that have been confiscated in criminal investigations? | ||
| We need to enforce LEGAL employers. Illegal employers need to face heavy fines and penalties for any illegal hiring practices. I currently face a $10,000/day penalty, if I have employees work on a pre 1976 house without specialized training. So the same fine is not too much if a business hires someone illegally. "Non" violent drug offenders applies to drug DEALERS. Zero way we let those criminals off the hook, especially with our opioid crisis! | |||
| No | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support lowering state income taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits? | ||
| No | e) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of Washington? | ||
| No | f) Do you support requiring employers to provide paid family leave? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| Yes | h) Do you support occupancy restrictions on domestic residences? | ||
| Early 2016 I had a dry ditch declared a Type II Salmon Bearing Stream. We spent $42,000 in permit applications to plan for the 'stream' mitigation and permitting process. Trump was elected and did away with the Obama 'waterways of the USA' regulations that Obama penned. We then had all the 'stream' regulations reduced, we built our driveway to a new home. The equipment operator bought a $250,000 USA made excavator, and has been making over $100,000/year since. That is how to grow an economy. | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in Washington? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in Washington? | ||
| No | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from Washington high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| Citizenship is a precious right. We know. We are a Gold Star Family. Teacher salaries are 'off the table'. But everything else about education cost is "on the table". A massive cost to our education is litigation and the high cost of administration to protect our schools from litigation. MUST get a handle on that! We can control cost by lowing the cost of rebuilding schools. Issaquah HS was rebuilt in 2009 for 67Mill. Sammamish HS was just completed last year for 200Mill! AND Iss HS has 2,340 students and Samm HS- 1,100 students! Any Questions, class? | |||
| No | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| No | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| No | d) Do you support restricting local waterway usage for commercial beverage production? | ||
| I lead from the front. My full sized Pick up truck has saved over 70,000#'s of CO2 over the last 150,000 miles I put on it. It runs 90% cleaner than a gasoline fueled vehicle. It runs on CNG. I built the first LEED Certified office building in the City of Bellevue. I was a Charter Member of our Built Green Association that exceeded state min on building health safety. We built the compression station for our states first R(renewable)NG fueling station, on Vashon Island. and more...... | |||
| Yes | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| Yes | c) Should teachers be allowed to bring guns into the classroom after passing gun safety training? | ||
| No | d) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| Our Constitution cannot exist without trained, armed, and responsible citizens. | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| No | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through Washington's health care programs? | ||
| No | c) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| No | d) Do you support legislation that grants citizens the right to choose to die through euthanasia? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
| No | f) Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| The money has to come from someplace. I support smarter $ building practices. Health care can be dramatically dropped in cost through litigation reform and with more competitive cross state insurance companies bidding for contracts. Currently, only 2 companies are allowed to cover our teachers. need more competition there. | |||
| No | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Washington's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in Washington's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| No | c) Do you support greater efforts by Washington state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
| By nature of competitive business in the private sector, we need access any level of talent we can find. But the inequities of the past are now largely overcome. we need to move onto new issues. How am I to know what 'gender' anyone is. I'm not asking and I don't expect anyone to tell me. I just want the job done right and honestly. | |||
| Conservatives, state wide have been demanding Rainy Day Funding for years. Instead, out state has went on a spending spree for the past 10 years. Now, Covid and Gov Inslee's disastrous response to it has devastated our state's economy. Rapid and smart restructuring and saving basic government services can be our only answer. Raising taxes will only harm our economy more as you take out investment money from our taxpayers. This has been long over due. We have far too much over regulation in our state. We must get our folks back to work and school. | |||
| Complete overhaul of public employee "soft" cost. Reduction of burdensome regulations, to pull down cost in School, transportation, and storm water construction. Serious litigation control. This will reduce the high cost of insurance to all, private and public spending. CO2 reduction through known, proven, cost effective methods, "stepping" our way into a cleaner future. That last one I know. I've done it and I live it. Join me! We can do this, but we have to "Pull Together!" |
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