Prescott Winslow

Prescott Winslow

Winslow, Prescott (Democrat)

Phone: (928) 587-0934

Email: preswinslow@cableone.net

Website: www.WinslowAZHouse.com

210 E. 2nd St., Apt. 207, Winslow, AZ 86047

Age: 66 (3/16/44).

Arizona since: 2005.

Occupation: Director, Center for Career and College Advising, since 2009; career counselor, Possibilities at Work, since 1997; internship program coordinator, Environmental Careers Organization, 2003-05.

Marital: Divorced.

Religious preference: United Church of Christ.

Education: M.A., Psychology, Antioch University, Seattle, 1993; B.A., History, Harvard, 1970.

Political experience: I am the membership chair of the Little Colorado River Democrats, a political club organized under the Navajo County Democratic Committee.

Memberships have included: Winslow Chamber of Commerce; Winslow Historical Society; former president, Friends of the Winslow Public Library; Rocky Mountain Association for College Admission Counseling.

Interests: Local history and cultural heritage tourism, high school sports, tutoring and mentoring children and young adults and photography.

Issues:

Political influence: My father taught me the importance of being actively engaged in civic affairs and public service.

Budget recommendations: Explore intensive community supervision as an alternative to incarceration for non-violent offenders. Reduce the state sales tax rate while ending the exemption of non-essential goods and services. Increase revenues by growing and attracting high-skill/high-wage jobs to Arizona.

Other concerns: Increase investments in public education at all levels: K-12, community colleges, state universities, Adult Basic Education and worker training and retraining. Create a dedicated revenue source for sustainable funding of all state parks and highway rest areas.

Fiscal philosophy: Grow state revenues by developing and attracting diversified high-skill/high-wage industries. Expand the “rainy day fund” to cushion future downturns in the state’s economy. When the state’s economy is thriving and state revenues are robust, allocate a portion of that revenue to one-time tax rebates instead of permanent tax cuts.

Background & experience: As a professional career and employment counselor, I have an excellent understanding of the direct relationship between education and economic development. An educated workforce is a key ingredient in economic development, and economic development is necessary to finance the needed continuing investments in our public education system. I have had extensive training and experience in mediation and conflict negotiation. Since politics is the art of the possible, negotiating skills are essential for crafting pieces of legislation that will win majority support in both chambers of the AZ Legislature.

Prop. 100 sales tax: I favored and voted for the temporary increase in the state sales tax because the alternative was further devastating cuts to education, public safety, and health care for vulnerable populations. The three-year increase in sales tax revenue gives us a little breathing room to develop long-term solutions to our structural budget deficit.

Pro-life/pro-choice: Abortions should be safe, legal, and rare. In an ideal world, every pregnancy would be a planned pregnancy, and every child would be a wanted and loved child. There should be social and financial supports so that no woman who wants to continue a pregnancy should feel pressured into terminating that pregnancy.

One last thing: I believe that the price of dissent is a constructive alternative. Arizona urgently needs legislators from both major parties who will focus on negotiating solutions to the serious problems currently facing our state. It’s long past time to move from partisan positioning to bipartisan problem solving. Finding common ground makes common sense. Fewer shouting matches and more listening sessions would make a great start.

Campaign Finance: public.