Letter to the editor: My name is Jonathan Boos, and I am running in the Republican primary to be your next State Representative to the Texas House from District 113. I’ve had the pleasure of visiting with many of you, and I look forward to meeting many more as I continue to personally call on the voters in our district.
I wanted to take this opportunity to tell you a bit about who I am, why I am running, and what sets me apart from my opponent. I am a regular church-going Christian who lives by the principles of my faith. I grew up in Carrolton, and worked my way through college at University of Texas-Dallas by working at Wal-Mart. I am now a local entrepreneur who runs a business with my brother and 15 employees buying and selling used college textbooks online. I am also a Southern Methodist University Law School graduate and recovering lawyer.
I am running to serve you, my neighbors, as your representative in Austin who will reliably stand up for conservative social and fiscal values. As you might expect, I am pro-life, pro-gun, and pro-fiscal responsibility. I believe we need to secure our borders and remove incentives that encourage people to break our immigration laws and come here illegally. I believe the law should protect innocent human life from conception to natural death. I also believe that far too much power has been accumulated in Washington that needs to be restored to state and local governments, and ultimately, we the people.
A return of governments to their proper roles in our society will go a long way toward solving many of the problems we face. For example, if we stop wasting money on things like incentives for out-of-state movie producers to come to Texas, we’ll have the money we need to take care of roads and bridges. I think that if we use tolls to pay for a road, we should stop charging those tolls once that road is paid for. I also believe with better fiscal wisdom in our state budgeting we can eliminate the need for toll roads. Representatives of the people must remember that they are but stewards of the people’s treasure.
What I do not believe in is an occupation known as “a career politician.” One should serve the public as a legislator for a time, and then return home to live under the laws one has passed. But over time our system has provided more and more incentives for people to pursue the path of the career politician. For example, voters may not know that after you spend 8 years in Austin as an elected official, you qualify for a pension for the rest of your life. As proof of my principles, I have promised to opt out of the pension system entirely if elected. I also believe in term limits, and promise to introduce or support term limit legislation.
If elected, I will not work hard to get the choicest committee assignments or get my name on the title of popular bills. Instead I will work tirelessly to represent you, my neighbors, and the conservative values that we share. And as a good employee of the people, you have every right to hold me accountable to the promises I have made. That’s why I list my personal mobile phone number and e-mail in all my campaign literature. If you have any questions, comments or even complaints, contact me at 972-965-6098 or Jonathan.Boos@gmail.com. I would appreciate your thoughts and prayers, and your vote in the Republican primary on March 1.
Jonathan Boos is running against incumbent Cindy Burkett in the District 113 race for the Texas House of Representatives. The district includes parts of Garland, Rowlett, Mesquite, Sunnyvale.