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Laura Martin Republican
Residence: Colorado Springs
Profession: Event Consultant
Education:
Experience: I am a professional and an engaged citizen. I have not been indoctrinated by the university system, so I have a clear mind to represent my community with wisdom and transparency.
What are your top three priorities, if elected?
1. Government exists to protect our rights, not continually redefine or restrict them. I will vote no on any bill that does not begin with the Constitution when written and work on repealing laws that have pushed constitutional boundaries leaving citizens to spend years and money asking courts to protect rights government should have respected in the first place.
2. Protect children and strengthen families. I will support legislature that gives rights back to the parents and not to government institutions.
3. Make Colorado a place where work, entrepreneurship and responsibility are rewarded again. Colorado Springs specifically is being decimated by taxes, fees and over-regulation. When a business is looking at new locations to grow, Colorado is near the bottom of the list.
What specific actions would you support to improve affordability for Coloradans, whether aimed at housing costs, tax burdens or other impacts?
Colorado has too much red tape, fees, regulations and taxes which costs developers, home builders and landlords before it ever gets to a home buyer or renter. Our water development/resource charges are some of the highest in the country. Fraud and theft is another issue that increases our cost of living that need to have a stronger focus.
Whether your party is in the majority or minority next year, where do you see actionable common ground with the opposing party?
Colorado is going in the wrong direction by electing members of the DSA to public office. Colorado is one of nine states that allow full-term abortions and is doing its best to limit constitutional rights such as the law that took effect on Aug 1, SB25-003 which basically gives the state the power to give permission and require specific training before a law-abiding adult may acquire particular commonly owned semiautomatic firearms. This certainly infringes on our 2nd amendment. At this time, I am not sure there is common ground with anyone who is fine with ending the lives of healthy full-term babies or anyone who does not uphold the US constitution.
A new governor will take office next year. What opportunities are there for legislation or other changes that did not gain traction under Gov. Jared Polis?
Either candidate for governor would take Colorado in a direction sharply different from its current path. I hope extreme legislation can be repealed, and that fraud and unconstitutional spending are exposed and eliminated. I also hope Colorado elects an attorney general who prosecutes lawbreakers regardless of status and a secretary of state who ensures fair elections and ends mass mail-in ballots.
Regina English and John Michael Angle did not return the questionnaire.
