Terri Proud

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Proud, Terri (Republican)

Phone: (520) 403-1134

Email: terriproud@hotmail.com

Website: www.vote4proud.com

2600 West Ina Rd. #120 , Tucson, AZ 85741
(Mail: PO Box 90004, Tucson, AZ 85741)

Age: 38 (9/15/71, Missouri).

Arizona since: 1994.

Occupation: Paralegal for seven years; managed law firm.

Marital: Divorced.

Children: 2.

Religious preference: Non-denominational.

Education: Certificate in New Testament studies, Faith Community Church, 2005; associate’s degree, Pima Community College, paralegal field, 2004; Brodsky School of Real Estate, 2002.

Memberships have included: Tucson Association of Realtors, 2003; member, National Association of Realtors, 2003; member, National Administrative Professionals; member, NRA; member, USSCA; member, AzCDL; precinct committeeman; AZ state coordinator for the 2A March precinct committeeman.

Interests: Reading books, the study of systematic theology, hiking, walking, movies, fishing, camping, swimming.

Issues:

Political influence: Thomas Jefferson and Ronald Reagan.

Budget recommendations: We spend $153.3 million in our Department of Corrections. Prisoners owe the debt, not the taxpayers. We need to relook at our system and toughen our prisons as an incentive to prevent crime instead of offering a hotel with benefits. Department of Economic Security spends $83.5 million. DES is not requiring welfare recipients to transition to work. We must eliminate this program if that is the case. We need to reform our tax structure to attract businesses in Arizona.

Other concerns: I would concentrate on a law that would mandate a person receiving a government check must submit documentation that they have actively looked for a job. DES should be set up as a temp agency and actively helping recipients to find work. If a recipient does not show the hours, they don’t get a check. Drug testing should also be mandatory. Our educational system must be looked at. We need to focus on where the money is going. Get back to the basics of what education is. The design of early education should be remembered, it is not so much to accumulate information, but designed to develop, invigorate discipline, to form habits of attention, observation and to prepare the mind for more extensive acquirements as well as preparing for the duties of life. We also need to start giving kids an incentive to graduate and do well. In Texas, if you don’t graduate you don’t get a driver’s license.

Fiscal philosophy: Quit spending what you don’t have.

Background & experience: There is some information that cannot be taught in a book – it is self-taught education by learning through circumstances, obstacles, instances in life that can only be attained by experiencing life, and therefore making proper judgments to succeed. This was Thomas Jefferson’s concept. I often feel the problem with our laws is that until you’ve actually experienced some circumstances, you can’t see the pitfalls or loopholes. And often laws are implemented based on lack of experiences and therefore don’t work properly. There is a disconnect with politicians and the people today.

Proposition 100 sales tax: It doesn’t matter at this point.

Pro-life/pro-choice: I believe every being has the right to live.

One last thing: The House of Representatives is a citizen position, not a politician position. Let’s get back to how our Founding Fathers intended our government to be.

Campaign Finance: private.