Public Safety & Crime
Every family deserves to feel safe in their community. Unfortunately, across Colorado we’ve seen rising concerns about theft, property crime, and repeat offenders who face little consequence for breaking the law.
One example is Colorado’s high felony theft threshold, currently set at $2,000. This means someone can steal thousands of dollars’ worth of property before facing felony-level consequences. Policies like this send the wrong message and weaken deterrence for repeat offenders and organized retail theft.
I believe we need to restore accountability in our justice system. That means reviewing policies that have made it easier for criminals to avoid serious penalties and ensuring that law-abiding citizens and small businesses are protected.
Public safety starts with strong communities, clear laws, and leaders willing to stand up for victims, not criminals.
A Safer Colorado
Colorado needs policies that prioritize:
- Accountability for repeat offenders
- Stronger protection for small businesses and property owners
- Support for law enforcement and victims of crime
- Protection of constitutional rights, including the Second Amendment
Public safety should never be a partisan issue. It’s about protecting families, communities, and the freedoms that make our state strong.
Protecting the Right to Self-Defense
The Second Amendment is also an important part of public safety. Responsible, law-abiding citizens have the right to protect themselves and their families.
My own family came to the United States from a country where ordinary people had no meaningful right to defend themselves. Those laws did not stop criminals from having weapons, they only left good people vulnerable.
That experience shaped my belief that protecting constitutional rights matters. When criminals know that communities are protected and laws are enforced, crime goes down.
Small Businesses & Local Economy
Small businesses are the backbone of our communities.
As a small business owner myself, I understand the stress, risk, and sacrifice that comes with building something from the ground up. Business owners invest their savings, work long hours, and take on the responsibility of providing jobs and opportunities for others.
Yet too often in Colorado, small businesses are treated as if they are the problem rather than the foundation of our economy.
Small businesses generate local jobs, support families, and collect the sales tax revenue that helps fund our roads, bridges, schools, and public services. Without small businesses, many of our communities would struggle to grow and thrive.
Reducing the Burden on Small Businesses
Colorado needs to start supporting the people who create jobs instead of constantly placing new regulations and costs on them.
I believe we should:
- Reduce unnecessary regulations that make it harder for small businesses to operate
- Protect the rights of business owners to manage and run their businesses responsibly
- Support policies that encourage entrepreneurship and local investment
- Make Colorado a place where starting a business is possible again for working families
Restoring Common Sense
Employees deserve fair pay and safe workplaces, but we must also remember that business owners carry the responsibility and risk of building the company itself.
A healthy economy requires balance — where workers are respected and business owners are able to operate without constant government interference or policies that make it harder to keep their doors open.
If we want strong communities, we need strong small businesses.
Colorado should be a state where entrepreneurs are encouraged, not buried under regulations.
As someone who lives this reality every day, I will fight to bring common sense back to policies affecting small businesses across House District 62 and the entire state.