Craig Frank for Utah LD 57
Tomorrow I will attend the Utah County Republican Convention as a Precinct Vice-Chair and County Delegate. This year there has been a lot of e-mails flying around about the State House race between Craig Frank (incumbent) and John Glen Stevens. I’ve been getting a lot of e-mails with personal statements of support for Stevens, and I wanted to respond publicly with my reasons for supporting Frank. These are my opinions and impressions of Craig Frank, and have not been approved or examined by him, although I hope he would not object.
Craig believes in small government. This is such a critical issue to me, and I know Craig really gets it. Craig doesn’t believe in government giving handouts or incentives to companies for good behavior. The free market does a great job of that already and it should be allowed to operate without the corrupting influence of government. I don’t want my government involved in my business. I especially don’t want my state government involved in my city business! Craig doesn’t think that the state government should get involved in the city or county government. If they ask for help, through lobbying or personal requests, I know Craig is happy to help, but he’s not the kind who wants to use his State Legislator influence to try to change things on the local level.
Craig is very available to constituents. I have seen some complaints in the aforementioned e-mails that Craig didn’t come and visit this or that city official. My experience has been exactly the opposite. Craig has gone out of his way to speak to me when I wanted it; he has answered every e-mail I have sent him quickly and helpfully; he has proactively communicated the things he is working on at the state level. I would guess that anyone who thinks Craig is less than accessible hasn’t really tried to contact him.
Craig has a proven record of making the right choices and the correct votes. I can’t say that I know and agree with every single vote choice that Craig has made, because I honestly don’t know every vote or every issue well enough to judge. I CAN say that on every major issue that I have been interested in, Craig votes the right way. He has demonstrated through actions his conservative values and beliefs, and I trust that he will continue to do so. I’m not willing to vote for someone who says he will vote the right way over someone who has proven that he will vote the right way.
