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Jonathan Post Republican
Residence: Pueblo
Profession: Realtor & Mortgage Lending Officer
Education: Masters in Management, Bachelors in Public Administration
Experience: 5 years in the United States Marine Corps. 23 years as a police officer (retired). 6 years in real estate, 3 years in mortgage, District 70 accountability board, Legislative policy committee (CAR)
What are your top three priorities, if elected?
Fix the criminal justice system that has been broken over the past five years.
Address housing affordability
Address the taxes and fees that are crippling residents.
What specific actions would you support to improve affordability for Coloradans, whether aimed at housing costs, tax burdens or other impacts?
Lower property taxes. Most Coloradans have seen their property taxes double within the last few years by reassessments. Next, we need to address the absorbant amount of fees Colorado levies on its citizens as a means to skirt constitutional tax laws. Deregulate some of the insane regulations that have added over $150,000 to the cost of building a home.
Whether your party is in the majority or minority next year, where do you see actionable common ground with the opposing party?
I am running on balance. We need to figure out a way to come to the center where most Americans live.
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?
As much as the governor and I differ politically, he did stand in the way of a lot of radical bills that had passed the democrat controlled assembly. For that, I am grateful.
Tisha Mauro did not return the questionnaire.
