My issues among many focus around three main points. Accountability, Consolidation and Reform. Accountability which can be summarized by changing the accounting method the state is on from a modified accrual/cash basis system of finance to a full accrual basis of financing. This accounting method will give the voters a clear understanding of the debt the state has accrued including unfunded and underfunded liabilities. I will work to standardize line item reporting, public employee salaries and grant recipients to be fully reported to the tax payer on a readily access-able report. Consolidation will occur by returning the State Auditor Office back to a Constitutional Officers role not just a title alone. This consolidation includes placing the Legislative Auditor under the auspices of the State Auditors Office allowing for audits of state wide programs not just city and county programs. Further consolidation initiatives include the removal of the Minnesota Management and Commissioner of Budget and placing that responsibility on the State Auditors Office and not by Governors appointment. My final initiative reform will be to get the State Auditors Office active in stopping the fraud, wastes and abuse of public funds. These initiatives will reduce the taxpayers burden by eliminating positions and redundant departments, maximizing transparency in government and curb the fraud that is running rampant in government programs today. It will also provide someone to hold accountable themselves by placing these roles in a position that can be voted out of office. On April 2nd, 2014 I came home and decided to run for public office. I returned from overseas working at the US Consulate in Basra, Iraq where I was employed as a contractor providing weather forecasting and airfield logistics.
I have served my community as a volunteer, as an air guardsman and as a military contractor, and I am ready for the next step, serving as Minnesota’s state auditor