State House 14 (2) (West Virginia)
Troy Andes
Contact: TroyAndes@aol.com
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| Name: | Troy Andes |
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| Party: | Republican |
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| Home City: | Hurricane |
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| Home County: | Putnam |
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Biography:
Personal Statement:
Representing Putnam and Mason Counties in the House of Delegates has been a privilege and an honor. As your Delegate, I’ve fought hard for lower taxes, more jobs, and common-sense family values. I would appreciate your vote on Election Day.
- What changes in environmental laws would you support to provide more protection for the health and well being of West Virginians?
- Working with the federal government, West Virginia regulators should continue to enforce existing environmental laws to protect all West Virginians. Environmentally responsible companies should be encouraged to share their best practices to improve our total environment.
- What should the Legislature do to assure that affordable health care and prescription drug coverage is available for all West Virginians?
- We must continue to reform our broken legal system and reduce taxes to make West Virginia more attractive to companies that provide jobs with benefits such as health care and prescription drug coverage. Additionally, we must eliminate wasteful government spending to ensure that those citizens who rely on government services are being fully served.
- REPLY IN FEWER THAN 50 WORDS: What do you think the Legislature can do to improve work force development?
- The Legislature should continue to examine ways to eliminate wasteful spending and reduce inefficiencies in the state’s work force development office. We must continue to direct money to training programs to provide skills for 21st century jobs.
- REPLY IN FEWER THAN 50 WORDS: Many West Virginia cities are struggling with their long-term municipal pension obligations. What do you think the state should do to help cities deal with municipal pensions?
- The state’s taxpayers should not be required to bailout the extremely mismanaged pension plans in a few selected cities. Instead, citizens should hold municipal leaders accountable for their financial failures and urge the adoption of professional standards for responsible investing.
- IN FEWER THAN 50 WORDS: Students in West Virginia generally lag behind other countries in education. Do you favor more instruction days, adding merit pay for teachers, improving math and science instruction or some other option to improve education?
- I support requiring a full 180-day school calendar for students, increasing salaries for teachers who teach in challenging fields, and providing bonuses for teachers who excel in the classroom. To be successful, we must eliminate the educational bureaucracy in West Virginia and direct more money to the classroom.
