"As a therapist and a former domestic violence counselor, I believe that access to quality health care, education, and affordable housing are human rights.
Families in the district need real leadership in Springfield on these issues."

Energy Policy

Affordable Clean Energy

I support the following legislative initiatives created for the Power to the People Campaign:

  • An immediate rollback and freeze of electricity rates, followed by an introduction of a system of regulatory controls aimed at protecting the public interest.
  • Establishment of publicly owned, publicly accountable energy utilities, and new regional electrical or energy cooperatives.
  • Development of green building codes and programs to provide assistance for the retrofitting of homes and businesses, with first priority going to low-income housing.
  • Increased state and local support for public mass transit, smart urban planning, a clean cars program, and other measures to promote sustainable transportation.
  • Raising energy-efficiency requirements for electrical appliances sold in Illinois.
  • Major campaign finance reform, which would prevent utilities and other for-profit corporations from exerting powerful influence on the election process.
  • A strong renewable energy standard requiring utilities to obtain at least 25% of their power from renewable sources by the year 2020.
  • Development of water-usage policy that promotes accountability and equity in water-use, distribution, and treatment-including publicizing industrial/commercial water-use data.