General Voter Guide

State Representative Position 1 Legislative District 41 Tim Eaves 1. It is most important to protect K-12 education. This is the paramount responsibility of the state government, and should be the top funding priority.

2. I am opposed to increasing taxes in this current economy. It is necessary to encourage growth of the private sector economy in order to increase revenues. Increasing taxes now would be counter-productive.

3. Regulations on businesses need to be modified to encourage business creation and growth.

4. I do not believe in discrimination either for or against racial or ethnic minorities.

5. I do not believe racial, ethnic, or religious characteristics can or should be ignored in law enforcement. Their use should, however, be appropriate to the situation.

6. The constitutions and laws of the United States and of the State of Washington define the rights of citizens and non-citizens, and it is up to the court system to judge the application of those rights.

7. Undocumented US non-citizen residents are by definition in violation of US law.

Their rights are well defined in law.

8. Incidents need to be dealt with as any violation of law. “Hate speech� and Islamophobia should be countered with rational speech.

9. There need to be standards for measuring the performance of K-12 education.

School districts need to be accountable for seeing that students meet standards of performance.

10. Per the McCleary decision by the Supreme Court of Washington, funding for K-12 education must increase. However, we must have accountability for the dollars spent by the state. Increased spending with no accountability is not acceptable.