Jeanette Burrage

I have changed to pro-life after many years. I was pro-choice for adults and then when I was pregnant with my first child and saw him early in an ultrasound I knew I could not have an abortion myself. It has taken a long time for me to come to the conclusion that life begins at conception. I do not know what exceptions, if any, I would support, except that of the life of the mother.

Strongly Agree

Neutral

I can understand people wanting to relieve excruciating pain in their final days. My sister died of pancreatic cancer and was in pain. She went on hospice and had pain medications, but those caused her breathing to be difficult. That was hard to watch. I do not have a definite position on this issue.

Taxes should be lowered. Sales tax used to be about 7%, now it's 10%. B&O taxes hurt small businesses. A few years ago the legislature raised property taxes in an effort to fully fund education, and reduced the amount that could be raised by local levies at the same time so there would be a more equal division of taxes to school districts. Great idea, but a couple years later they increased the levy limit back up to where it was before.

I would decrease funding for housing. This can be done by returning land use regulation to local control. The State took over land use planning in 1990. That needs to be reversed. The current State regulations increase the cost of housing by limiting the available land. We need to change the way fatherless children are cared for. More emphasis on preventing pregnancy in young adults and holding fathers accountable, perhaps reducing or withholding aid until a father is identified.

Strongly Disagree

This would have the people who work in jobs that do not require college to help pay for the college education of those who want to work in jobs that require college. It would require increased taxes, which would hurt the working low income people the most.

Disagree

Today there are alternatives to one business or individual who does not want to violate their moral or religious beliefs.

None The government can make recommendations. From the reaction of my church's governing board during the COVID scare, the very frightened will close the churches themselves.

C. We should keep Medicare and Medicaid, but work to give people more choices, like health care savings accounts.

I didn't think much about this until COVID 19. The COVID shot is not even really a vaccination, even though they call it that. It does not prevent the disease. Also, children are less susceptible to it and have milder symptoms. The side effects of the shots are not well known, except for heart problems in young men. I will fight to keep children free from being required to take these injections.

I am running for the State Legislature and do not know what the US should do on this issue.

Neutral

Israel is a tiny country in the middle of a large Arab world. I am not very familiar with the West Bank issue, but the BDS movement does not sound wise to me.

Strongly Agree

Drugs, sex slaves, and millions of unemployed adults are coming into our country. We need to stop this infiltration.

We should allow those who have job skills that are needed in the US and those who will be political prisoners in their own countries, possibly leading to being executed. We have a history of allowing immigration from other countries on a percentage basis and I do not know the reasons why this should be continued or adjusted.

Strongly Agree

These alternatives are desperately needed to promote excellent education for all. They are also needed to protect children from state indoctrination of their belief in systemic racism.

Strongly Agree

We have lost a lot of these values in the US and that is why we see mass shootings, race riots, high crime rates, and high homelessness. Our state legislature has passed laws that require all state employees and school personnel to learn about identity, inclusion, and equity, which is another way to describe critical race theory. I would repeal those laws.

Strongly Disagree

What is being done to children by their teachers and "progressive" doctors is horrible. Children cannot and should not decide which sex they want to be. They should not be given puberty blockers or have sex changing surgery.

Agree

Strongly Disagree

CRT, identity politics, diversity training, and wokeness all lead to denial of individual rights and responsibilities. When I was a judge, the State Minority and Justice Commission did a study and found almost no difference in sentencing depending on race. This was about 1998. One reason we still have high poverty rates for some people of color is because of the liberal policies in the US that are fundamentally flawed.

I believe Jesus Christ died for my sins. I and everyone else are sinners. Through God's grace we are forgiven and we should be grateful for God's care. I am very grateful.

Strongly Disagree

Elections need to be as verifiability accurate as possible. Our whole system is based on voters being able to decide who leads them. If are elections are not secure, then this policy, and our republic, are lost.

I would like to return to voting in person and allowing for absentee ballots. Also, I would like to see at least two weeks prior to an election for registering to vote so the systems can be updated and check for duplicates.

No. The United States has been working on equality for all for decades. The new "anti-racists" are a threat as we saw in the riots of 2020. The division of people into tribes and pitting them against each other is a threat to our security and way of life.

Strongly Disagree

After the Civil War, where thousands died to free slaves, the Freedman's Bureau was created by Congress to assist former slaves. This bureau built over 1000 schools and assisted with employment contracts, food, and housing. President Lincoln was assassinated so the vice president, Andrew Johnson, could take over. He was pro-slavery (and a Democrat). He gave back land to former slave owners instead of letting it be divided and given to former slaves as Congress was attempting to do.

Generally A, environmental laws are too strict and hurt the economy. Of course each regulation needs to be studied separately to see if it should be repealed. Not much study is needed for the Growth Management Act passed in 1990 that sets up a Statewide land use regulatory system. It needs to be repealed.

Neutral

I just looked up information on hydraulic fracking. I see that Washington State is one of four that do not allow it. Considering who has been in charge of Washington State for many years, I would tend toward disagreeing with them. Perhaps ownership of the rights and access point requirements might be explored.

Government is to provide services to all that are best done from a central entity. This would include police protection, road building, etc. The government is also to protect us from outside forces, such as other countries.

Conservative

I strongly believe in freedom. We should be able to keep our own values and pass those on to our children.

When I was a member of the Washington State Legislature in 1981-82 I was part of a group who signed a letter to the Governor asking for a no tax increase solution to the deficit we were dealing with. We were a majority of the Republicans in the House. He called us troglodytes. We made buttons and wore them proudly announcing we were the troglodytes. (The Governor did attend a fundraiser for my reelection).

No.

One day, when I was a school bus driver, a disabled child I had never seen was placed on my bus. As I was coming up from looking over the seat and he was standing on the seat, he smacked me hard in the face. My body reacted before I knew I was hit and I may have had contact with him. I was charged with assault. A jury found me not guilty. They believed me and the expert that testified that my body reacted without me being conscious of the action. **** My legislative priorities will be to return power down as much as possible from the State to the local governments and from the local governments to parents and the people. **** Here is my response to an inquiry from a Chamber of Commerce member: Both our Reps, Bergquist and Hackney, sponsored and voted in favor of House Bill (HB)1054, which puts unreasonable limits on the ability of police to pursue criminals, to use K-9 units, to execute no-knock warrants, and to subdue suspects with tear gas. The State has taken control of our local police. To pursue a suspect now by vehicle an officer must get prior approval from a supervising officer and that supervisor must be in control of the pursuit. The result: a big increase in crime. One suspect even called 911, telling the dispatcher to call off the police chase because the crime he was committing didn’t meet the new standard! The Washington Council of Police and Sheriffs, along with many other affected groups, opposed HB1267, concerning investigations into the use of force by police. Bergquist and Hackney sponsored and voted for this bill too. Deadly force incident investigations will now be done by an agency of the Governor (not the State Patrol or Attorney General’s office) led by people who are picked because they represent various under-served groups. On the new eleven member advisory board for police use of force investigations, a maximum of two can be current or former law enforcement officers. Our current state representatives also supported other new laws with negative effects on public safety. One is Senate Bill (SB) 5051; increasing authority of the State Police Training Commission to define when officers can be certified, suspended or de-certified, including de-certification for “affiliation with extremist organizations.” The commission itself, not the public or legislature, gets to define “extremist organizations.” Law enforcement officers, already buffeted by funding cuts, staffing reductions, and vaccine mandates, now have even more reasons to quit the profession. Bergquist and Hackney claim to care about public safety, then vote to hamper and obstruct the police. We’ll never feel safe under their leadership. The time to remove them is NOW. Our current State Reps also voted for a stealth tax that will cost us an additional $400 million to $1 billion per year. SB 5126 calls itself a “Climate Concern Act” but is, in reality, a Cap-and-Trade emissions credit scheme that will add an estimated 46 cents per gallon to our gas prices. Since they didn’t call this a “tax”, it doesn’t have to be placed on the ballot for a citizens’ advisory vote. They voted for this bill last year, but it will not take effect until after the election, and who can blame them for these stratagems to evade responsibility? It will further inflate the price of absolutely everything in this state.

Agree

Police work is a tough job and split second decisions need to be made. As in civil law, an action does not need to be the best action that could have been taken after analyzing the situation afterward for it to avoid liability.

Strongly Disagree

When police are cut, crime goes up, there are more victims, and criminals are encouraged. Providing social assistance with officers may be useful, but that needs to be investigated and tried on a small scale or in a discrete locality to determine its usefulness.

Those who have been convicted of certain felonies should be restricted from gun ownership for a long period of time. I would encourage anyone unfamiliar with guns and buying one to take a gun safety class, but not require it.

Strongly Disagree

Guns do not cause violence. It is the people who use them violently that cause the problems.