State Representative, 41st District
Elvis Clark
Republican
Occupation: Retired
Occupational Background: Senior Economist at the Oregon Public Utility Commission, Economist, Bonneville Power Administration
Educational Background: Portland State University, BS and Masters in Economics
Prior Governmental Experience: Member, Milwaukie Public Safety Advisory Committee
I ask for your vote. I offer to improve your lives immensely by re-balancing state government to be more cost conscious while pursuing social and environmental progress.
- I will push to lower utility bills and other costs by having government seek less costly ways to regulate industry while achieving environmental progress. For example, hybrid vehicles and electric bicycles achieve sharp reductions in local greenhouse emissions while saving taxpayers and utility customers from having to subsidize all-electric vehicles. State law should be more accepting of hybrids and electric bicycles in fulfilling environmental progress.
- Young adults and families: I aim to put a home and yard within your reach – such homes are great wealth builders for your retirement years and offer space to grow in and enjoy. On this: The Oregon legislature recently loosened land-use law letting cities build outward but only just a little. I aim to go farther, letting cities build both outward and inward in a balanced way that lowers the cost of housing by accessing less costly land.
- I will work to boost the ability of all children/students to build successful life skills, with the guidance of their parent(s); for example, providing families cash refunds for tutors, college prep courses, vocational courses, and other workforce training programs. These refunds will reward attendance and academic achievement, rather than the current lax and costly educational policy.
- I aim to preserve access to healthcare outside the monopolistic control of the state government – eliminating taxes on private health care insurance and other private healthcare services, liberalizing access to nationally qualified healthcare providers.
I ask you to vote for me and join me in building more prosperity and happiness.
For candidate background go to About Elvis Clark | EMilwaukieOr.Org
(This information furnished by Elvis Clark.)