This is a Republican primary race.  Do you promise, if elected, to abide by the RPT platform?  And if not, please enumerate what problems you have.

Fully. I will make the platform the center of all decisions I make.

Do you support current RPT chair James Dickey in full and if not, what do you disagree with?

Follows the platform and I support in full. 

Did you support liberal Texas house-speaker Joe Straus?  Why or why not?

No I do not. Has block significant conservative legislation. 

Please describe what you believe are the most significant issues in this race, why and what you'll do to address them?

Updating the party. The Democrats have been progressively been growing in Montgomery County and in two elections recently Liberals won seats. Modern tools such as block walking tech and social media tools such as Facebook , Facebook live, YouTube channels, Google Plus, Instagram etc should be used to reach out to the party base as well as explain our case to Liberals who would join us if they knew our positions. Montgomery County is using methods that worked well until the 1980's. But since Clinton and Obama we fall short of the Dem's efforts in outreach. 

We need a Party that leads, that takes an active role in the way that Republicans govern.Using the party platform as its measure. There are too many Democrats that run for office as a Republican and govern as a Democrats. If the person in office will not support the platform, then the party should point that out and get candidates that will.

Which supreme court cases should Texas just ignore?

Only those that do not reflect the values articulated in the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights. 

There's discussion about making major revisions to the RPT Platform. Please describe the nature of any major changes you support.

There is a discussion about making the platform simple by elimination of controversial issues like abortion. To me, that would dilute the party. A party that stands for nothing is worth nothing. Everyone of the planks of the platform was debated and put the vote of the full delegation. 

As a Republican, if you had to give up one of the following core principles, which one would you select first and why? 
a. pro-life;
b. 10% reduction in state, fed, local spending;
c. 2nd amendment;
d. illegal immigration;
e. foreign bases; 
f.  10th amendment

I can live with foreign bases. The 2nd and 10th amendment are enshrined in out Constitution. Being pro life is a matter of my faith and Illegal immigration is destroying our nation. With all the bloat in spending a 10 percent reduction can be found and would reduce taxes and increase our economy.  

For what offices should term limits be implemented?

For all of them. How long the limits should be can be argued. But unlike dictatorships, no person should rule for life in a Democracy.  

What distinguishes you from your opponent?

I have a vision of updating and renewing the Republican party in this county. I have a great deal of experience with using Social Media in reaching the youth as a school teacher and have spent the last decade using modern tools to reach the electorate and want to use my experience to keep our dominance in Montgomery County. 

Please list 3 federal agencies that are popular in our culture and should be abolished

Department of Education, Federal Reserve, Bureau of Land Management. 

Are the United States and Texas constitutions living documents?  Please answer in the context of Progressivism versus Originalism.

No they are not. Robert Bork was corrent in that assessement. I believe that the Orginal Intent of the Framers should always be honored first and formost. As the culture changes our rights and freedoms do not change with them.

What form of federal tax law do you support and why (e.g., current, flat tax, fair tax, other)?

Flat tax. The same rate for all. A progressive tax punishes success and encourages those on the bottom to contribute nothing and for over 50 percent of the US they pay nothing and collect welfare even if in many cases they can work. 

Do you believe the Second Amendment grants an individual right or a militia right?

Individual right to own a weapon as a defense against Federial intrusion. 

Please explain your interpretation of the Tenth Amendment and the principle of nullification. Do states have a right of nullification? What should the federal government do if a state attempts nullification?

Difficult question.  A legal theory that a state has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional. This was argued in the early days of our Republic. Yes I do believe that a state has that right. The state joined the Union on the promise they could disagree with the Federal Gov. I know the civil war was an argument over that very principle. It not a question of what they should do, they will attack like they did in the Civil War. The real question is what the State should do. That that should be decided very carefully with  good representatives. 

At what point should the "right to life" or "personhood" be granted to new human beings (e.g., at conception, 13 weeks of gestation, birth, 5 days old, 18 years old, etc)? What action, if any, will you take to reflect this in law?

At the point of conception. As the County Chair I will enforce the Platform on this issue. However, I will not be making law. 

Do you support or oppose federal funding for Planned Parenthood and other agencies that perform abortions, both in the U.S. and abroad (even if they use money derived from other sources)?

Oppose 

Do you support or oppose allowing parents direct the flow of federal education funds (e.g., to their school or home school of choice)? Support? Oppose? Please explain.

Parents not lobbist and the Federal Goverment should be directing the flow of their own money into their community. 

What, if anything, should be done to protect our borders from illegal immigration?

Build the Wall, enforce the law. 

Do you support or oppose the referendum passed by both the MoCo GOP Executive Committee and SREC to allow voters, at the statewide level, to decide in the voting booth whether or not they want a particular toll road?  Why or why not?

Support 

What does being a conservative mean to you?

Supporting the Constitution and the Bill of Rights as intended by the original Framers. As small a government as possible and right of an individual to decide his or own course in life.