Kaye’s top five legislative priorities stem from her roots as an environmentalist living in a major metropolitan area with a deep concern for all people:

• Education
• Environment
• Health and Senior Services
• Human Rights and Social Justice
• Transportation and Budget

Education

For 10 years, from 1999 through 2009, it was been my privilege and honor to serve you on the Fairfax School Board. I gained valuable experience in managing budgets, fiscal responsibility, and the work required to create some of the best schools in America. This experience has proven invaluable in Richmond to protect K-12 education.

• Protecting Our K-12 Education
• Expanding Our Northern Virginia higher Education Resources

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Environment

The state of our environment, around the world and here in the Commonwealth, is at a crossroads. The successful efforts of the last generation to reduce industrial pollution of our air, water and land must now be joined by changes in our own lifestyles, including in our homes, cars, neighborhoods, congregations, malls, recreation areas and workplaces. The ultimate decision of what kind of world we leave behind for our children and grandchildren is ours to make right now. My major environmental concerns include:

• Clean Air
• Clean Water
• Decoupling Utility Sales and Revenue
• Smart Metering
• Encourage Renewable Energy Portfolios
• Green Job Creation
• Green Building
• Anti-litter Campaigns

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Health and Senior Services

Incredible advances in science and medicine mean we can catch and provide care for some of our most serious diseases. Now we need to make sure health insurance companies are making those advances accessible to all of us, especially all of Virginia’s children.  We also need to take care of Virginia’s most vulnerable citizens, our Seniors.

• Expanded Access to Preventative Health Care Services
• Funding For Adult Day Care

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Human Rights and Social Justice

Public safety is a major concern of the constituents of the 38th District.  Our district has a very low crime rate, which is the foundation of our fine quality of life.  Governor Kaine has often said, “We can’t be tough on crime without being smart about crime.”  Therefore, public safety must be approached from a comprehensive point of view.  We must take very good care of our police, firefighters and EMTs, as they protect us and ensure the freedom that a low crime rate and safe neighborhoods allow.  We must partner with them and never take their extraordinary service for granted.

We also must ensure that all Virginians are represented fairly and equally under state law.  But, that is not the case right now.  Same-sex partnerships are explicitly illegal in Virginia. And, Virginia has hate crime laws that do not include crimes based on sexual orientation or gender identity and domestic violence laws that explicitly exclude same-sex survivors of domestic violence. Moreover, the House of Delegates in 2011 squarely put the crosshairs on our immigrant neighbors, passing at least 15 onerous, hateful bills specifically targeted against immigrants.  This is simply wrong.

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Budget and Transportation

Too many Republicans and Democrats in Richmond believe that a “one size fits all” model can apply to creating the budget and fixing transportation. These advocates of the Dillon rule could not be farther from the truth. The fact of the matter is a decision made without concern over a specific locality is a decision doomed for failure. As your delegate, I promise to conduct my work on the budget and transportation issue in a way that reflects the needs of the 38th District.

• Working along side with local officials and community leaders
• Short-term Fixes and Long-term Solutions for Our Transportation Problems

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