R.R. Jimenez

Criminal Justice / Public Safety Public safety should mean one thing: protecting our families, neighbors, and communities, not protecting political power and motives disguised as “public safety!”. Infrastructure / Transportation Our roads, highways, parks, schools, sidewalks, and public buildings belong to all of us. We built them. We paid for them. We inherited them. We maintained them. We depend on them. We should refuse to let them be destroyed, vandalized, controlled by personal decisions, or used as battlegrounds for private interests. Criminal Justice / Public Safety Justice without mercy creates resentment. Mercy without justice creates chaos. We should fight to restore balance considering imbalance leads to extreme conflicts between oppression and lawlessness. Education Our public schools, a public institution, should teach more than academics. They should teach respect, responsibility, courtesy, and character. Taxes / Budget Reveal and expose deceptive budgeted line-item expenses within a decoy. Economy Yes to a healthy, competitive economy — where small businesses grow and hard work is rewarded. Education Yes to education that teaches respect, accountability, and pride of ownership — schools should build character, not chaos.