Chris Stagman
Candidate for Florida House of Representatives  District 29

 
INTRODUCTION
Statement from the candidate :
Dear Friend,

Our state faces many pressing problems. Specifically, we must improve the quality of our public schools, expand affordable health care, ensure that the needs of our children, working families and senior adults are being met and maintain an economy based on good paying jobs and clean industry.

Like you, I want to do something about these issues. That's why I'm running for the Florida House of Representatives.

As a health and human services professional with "hands on" experience in governmental and community affairs, I have seen first hand the issues that most directly affect the lives of all our citizens.

As your Representative in Tallahassee, I will use my experience to stand up for you and make our community a better place for all our residents. Please help me fight for a more prosperous future for Florida. 

Thank you for your help and support,
                                                                          Chris

 
QUESTION : YES NO  No Opinion
Do you support a Property Reform Task Force to review and recommend meaningful reform related to real estate transactions of deed restricted property?     XXX
Do you favor curtailing and/or eliminating the ability of homeowners associations to foreclose on homestead exempted property?   X   
Will you assist consumers to create a Homeowners Bill of Rights?     XXX
Do you support increased funding for home health and community based care to delay and/or avoid nursing home placement, while maintaining adequate care in nursing homes? X    
Do you support limiting development consistent with available water (Floridan Aquifer), electrical, transportation and school facility availability? X    
Do you support a voluntary prescription drug plan under the aegis of Medicare, similar to the current Senate version?      XXX
Do you support  reform of SLAPP suits (FS 768.295 ) to protect citizens as well from lawsuits by large corporations or homeowner's associations designed to intimidate and silence opposition and free speech? X    
Do you support maintaining Florida’s current Vertical Accessibility Requirement within the building code to accommodate the disabled? X    
Will you create and/or support enforceable legislation to rigidly regulate, restrict and/or ban airboats from all residential and residential/agricultural areas as specified in Article II Sec 7(a) of the Florida Constitution? X**    
Will you promise to oppose unfunded mandates debated for passage in your assigned committee or legislative chamber? X***    
XXX  I need additional information in order to answer this question.
X**  I support the Florida Constitution as well as local governments' efforts to regulate any airboat traffic
           that constitutes a legitimate nuisance
X*** Yes, if no provisions are made to designate a funding source.

Please explain the top priority you intend to advocate for if elected:
The reform of education in this state is critical to the future of Florida. With overcrowded schools, underfunded teachers often make up supply shortfalls out of their own pockets, and school administrators and school boards find they have to cut some programs to fulfill basic education requirements. Classroom overcrowding, the recruitment and retention of good teachers and a return to the education basics can be achieved. In a $ 50,4 billion budget where major tax breaks have been given to corporations and turkeys such as the Golf Hall of Fame ( $ 2 million ) have been funded, it is time to pare the budget down to essentials and use those give-away moneys to adequately fund public education.

Chris Stagman
CANDIDATE'S NAME		 State Representative
OFFICE		     29    
DISTRICT