A Practical Plan for District 44
A specific legislative agenda to lower state-created costs, strengthen public safety, deliver infrastructure funding, improve schools, and protect the water and character of District 44.
Clear Commitments. Measurable Results.
Adam will go to Santa Fe with a first-session agenda—not a list of slogans. He will introduce or co-sponsor legislation, propose budget amendments, submit capital-outlay requests, build bipartisan support in committee, and publicly report what passed, what stalled, how he voted, and what comes next.
As your state representative, Adam will use the powers of the office—legislation, budget amendments, capital-outlay requests, committee advocacy, and oversight—to advance this plan. Final legislation and appropriations require fiscal review, committee approval, and support from a majority of the Legislature.
Adam's Plan for District 44
Every priority includes a legislative vehicle, a funding strategy, and a way to measure results.
Lower Costs & Tax Relief
State policy cannot control every price, but it can stop adding unnecessary taxes, fees, and compliance costs to a family budget.
- Reduce the gross receipts tax burden built into the cost of constructing attainable housing.
- Expand and inflation-index property-tax relief for qualifying seniors and low-income homeowners.
- Require new recurring spending programs to publish costs, outcomes, and a review date.
Legislative Details
What Adam Will Do in the Legislature
- Draft a Family Cost Relief package before the 2027 session and seek a seat at the table on every tax bill affecting housing, utilities, and household expenses.
- Introduce or co-sponsor a targeted construction GRT deduction or credit tied to attainable homes, with documentation that the tax savings reach buyers or renters.
- Strengthen homeowner relief by expanding eligibility for the low-income and senior valuation freeze or rebate and indexing income limits so inflation does not push people out of the program.
- Add taxpayer safeguards to the budget by requiring clear performance measures and periodic review for new recurring programs.
Adam’s approach is targeted relief, honest fiscal notes, and protections for local services—not an unfunded promise or a temporary election-year rebate.
Measure the result: household tax savings, housing costs, program performance, and the amount of waste redirected or eliminated.
Safer Neighborhoods
A safer District 44 requires enough officers and prosecutors, usable criminal-history information, consequences for repeat violent crime, and treatment that interrupts addiction.
- Fund recruitment, retention, training, equipment, prosecutors, and pretrial services.
- Target repeat violent offenders while protecting constitutional due process.
- Focus fentanyl penalties on traffickers and expand treatment and recovery capacity.
Legislative Details
What Adam Will Do in the Legislature
- Propose public-safety budget amendments for officer and dispatcher retention, advanced training, crime-lab capacity, prosecutors, and court staffing serving Sandoval and Bernalillo counties.
- Improve repeat-offender accountability by requiring timely, complete criminal-history information for detention decisions and public reporting on detention motions, releases, and reoffending.
- Target the fentanyl supply chain with strong penalties for trafficking and organized distribution while directing people suffering from addiction toward treatment instead of cycling through emergency rooms and jail.
- Support first responders through capital-outlay requests for communications, emergency vehicles, protective equipment, and interoperable radio systems.
Adam will use both the criminal code and the state budget: enforce consequences for dangerous conduct, give local agencies the tools to act, and publish data showing whether the policy improves safety.
Measure the result: violent reoffending, response times, staffing vacancies, case-processing delays, overdose deaths, and treatment completion.
Roads, Drainage & Infrastructure
As a general contractor, Adam knows that a project needs a defined scope, a realistic budget, a responsible owner, and a completion deadline.
- Create a public District 44 priority list for roads, drainage, flood control, water, and emergency facilities.
- Submit capital-outlay requests backed by engineering, cost estimates, and local matching plans.
- Track every funded project until the money is spent and the work is finished.
Legislative Details
What Adam Will Do in the Legislature
- Convene a District 44 infrastructure working group with Corrales, Rio Rancho, Albuquerque, Sandoval County, Bernalillo County, utilities, and flood-control agencies before the session.
- Rank projects by readiness and public benefit so limited capital dollars go first to urgent, designed, and deliverable work—not last-minute wish lists.
- Request capital-outlay funding for eligible road, drainage, water, wastewater, fire, police, and flood-control improvements and pursue state matching funds for larger regional projects.
- Fix stalled appropriations by seeking timely reauthorization when a project’s scope, administering agency, or expenditure deadline must change.
Adam will treat capital outlay like a construction portfolio: prioritize shovel-ready work, coordinate local partners, monitor schedules and budgets, and intervene before an appropriation expires.
Measure the result: dollars secured, local match leveraged, projects completed on time, flood risks reduced, and miles or intersections improved.
Protecting Homeowners & Local Jobs
Homeowners and local employers need predictable rules, timely decisions, and a state government that does not make housing, hiring, or building needlessly expensive.
- Require small-business impact analysis before major new state rules take effect.
- Reward faster, transparent permitting without overriding local land-use authority.
- Protect private property, due process, and fair notice in state decisions.
Legislative Details
What Adam Will Do in the Legislature
- Sponsor a Small Business Regulatory Fairness bill requiring agencies to disclose compliance costs, consider a lower-cost small-business alternative, and review major rules after implementation.
- Create voluntary permit-modernization grants for local governments that publish requirements online, offer one point of contact, and report typical review times.
- Support the skilled workforce through licensing reciprocity where standards are equivalent, faster review of qualified applicants, and paid apprenticeship partnerships.
- Defend local control and property rights by opposing one-size-fits-all state zoning mandates and requiring meaningful notice, hearings, and appeal rights when state action affects property.
Adam will reduce delays and compliance costs through transparent, performance-based reform while keeping land-use decisions close to the communities affected by them.
Measure the result: permit timelines, licensing delays, new small-business formation, apprenticeship placements, and agency compliance costs.
Water, Open Space & Local Values
Water security is a prerequisite for responsible growth, agriculture, property values, and the rural character of Corrales and surrounding communities.
- Increase reliable support for acequias, community ditches, and local water infrastructure.
- Fund conservation, leak reduction, aquifer monitoring, reuse, and watershed restoration.
- Require water availability and local input before state-backed growth decisions.
Legislative Details
What Adam Will Do in the Legislature
- Seek recurring and capital funding for the Acequia and Community Ditch Infrastructure Fund, Water Trust Fund projects, local water systems, and flood-control improvements.
- Build a District 44 water project list with acequia leaders, farmers, utilities, conservation districts, and local governments before capital requests are submitted.
- Prioritize projects that stretch existing supplies through leak detection and repair, efficient irrigation, aquifer and well monitoring, reuse, recharge, and healthy watersheds.
- Protect due process in water decisions by supporting transparent notice, local consultation, and evidence of long-term supply before state money supports major new development.
Adam will connect water policy to the budget: preserve existing systems, leverage federal matching funds, plan from reliable data, and make growth prove its water supply.
Measure the result: acre-feet conserved, leaks repaired, wells monitored, matching funds secured, and acequia or water projects completed.
Education & Accountability
More education spending must translate into stronger reading and math skills, safer classrooms, qualified teachers, and real pathways into well-paying work.
- Fund early literacy, math intervention, tutoring, and transparent school-level outcomes.
- Expand career and technical education, dual credit, and paid apprenticeships.
- Give parents timely access to curriculum, policies, performance, and spending information.
Legislative Details
What Adam Will Do in the Legislature
- Tie new academic investments to results by requiring school-level reporting on reading and math growth, chronic absenteeism, intervention use, and the share of funds reaching classrooms.
- Strengthen early intervention with structured-literacy implementation, evidence-based math support, high-impact tutoring, and rapid help for students who fall behind.
- Expand trades and career pathways through regional CTE grants, modern equipment, industry-recognized credentials, dual credit, and paid apprenticeships with local employers.
- Guarantee practical parent transparency with timely online access to curriculum materials, school performance, safety policies, budgets, and a clear process to raise and appeal concerns.
Adam will support education funding that reaches classrooms and comes with a clear purpose: master the basics, help students recover quickly, and create multiple paths to graduation and employment.
Measure the result: reading and math growth, attendance, graduation, CTE credentials, apprenticeship completion, and classroom spending.
How Adam Will Get Results
One representative cannot pass a bill alone. Adam’s job will be to arrive prepared, build support, fight for District 44 in the budget, and keep residents informed at every step.
Prepare Before Session
Hold local issue meetings, ask the Legislative Council Service to draft the priority bills, obtain fiscal analysis, and publish District 44’s ranked capital-project list before lawmakers convene.
Build a Working Majority
Recruit co-sponsors from both parties, bring local officials and subject-matter experts to committee hearings, answer fiscal objections, and accept amendments that improve a bill without abandoning its purpose.
Use the Budget & Capital Outlay
Offer budget amendments, request eligible capital funding, coordinate matching funds, protect local priorities during negotiations, and monitor appropriations until projects are completed.
Report Back Publicly
Issue an end-of-session report listing every priority bill, committee action, vote, appropriation, outcome, and next step—then continue quarterly public meetings across District 44.
Six Priorities Ready for Legislative Drafting
- Family Cost Relief & Housing Tax Reform
- Repeat Violent Offender & Public-Safety Accountability
- District 44 Roads, Drainage & Flood-Control Funding
- Small Business Regulatory & Permit Modernization
- Water, Acequia & Community Infrastructure Security
- Back-to-Basics Education, CTE & Apprenticeships
These are working policy titles. Final bill language will be drafted and reviewed through the official legislative process.
Practical Leadership. Real Accountability.
Adam brings a contractor’s mindset to public service: know the problem, make a plan, respect the budget, and get the job done right.
Adam’s Commitment
Listen to the people of District 44, fight for common-sense solutions, and hold Santa Fe accountable to taxpayers.
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