The Plan to
Fix Idaho
ENFORCE THE RULES – STOP THE WASTE – PUT IDAHOANS FIRST
I’m not here to reinvent the government or add new layers of bureaucracy. I’m here to enforce the rules Idaho already has, use the tools that already exist, and tighten up the weak spots so taxpayer money actually works for the people instead of getting wasted. We’re not reinventing the wheel, we're just putting the tires back on the car.
Transparency starts here with a detailed “repair manual.”
First, we stop the leaks. Then, we redirect the saved money to people and priorities. Next, we open the throttle for growth. Finally, we deliver results on big problems.
The Plan is built on four pillars. Click or tap each to read the full details:
Tough independent checks to catch problems early and stop waste before it grows.
Full public visibility so every Idahoan can see exactly where dollars go.
Everyday Idahoans reviewing reports, gathering tips from workers and locals, spotting red flags, and recommending practical fixes.
Real consequences for waste and rewards for results. No more excuses.
No new bureaucracy. No big costs. Just better government that puts Idahoans First. These four pillars power every reform below. Click or tap each to read full details:
Eliminate Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Ends blind across-the-board cuts that hurt essential services while waste hides. Requires agencies to show real results for every dollar, start fresh on budgets, and protect what matters most.
State Procurement and Contracts Reform
Stops layers of middlemen and markups draining money from construction, IT, consulting, supplies, and every state purchase. Enforces fair pay and disclosure so more dollars reach the people doing the real work.
Regular independent audits to uncover overlaps, low-return programs, and hidden waste across all state agencies. Redirects savings to frontline services and verifies every department uses money effectively.
State Employee Time and Attendance Reform
Stops millions in waste from poor time tracking and excessive overtime with secure clock-in systems, random spot checks, and public reporting of trends. Ensures taxpayer dollars pay for real work.
Duplicate Program Elimination Commission
Identifies and merges overlapping or redundant programs across agencies to eliminate waste. Redirects savings to higher-impact services and frontline needs.
Vendor and Contract Fraud Detection
Hunts post-award fraud, kickbacks, and abuse in state contracts with a dedicated task force, secure tip line, and public red-flag reporting. Catches problems after money is spent and redirects recoveries to services.
Redirect and Protect Funds
State Workforce and Hiring Reform
Fills high vacancies fast with simplified processes, fair-pay incentives, and less outsourcing. Starts with low-cost fixes and scales as savings become available for better staffing in clinics, public safety, and services.
Grant and Nonprofit Funding Reform
Cuts excessive admin overhead in grants to nonprofits, workforce programs, and community projects. Caps overhead at 15 percent, requires outcome tracking, and ensures money delivers real help.
Frontline Service Protection Fund
Ring-fences savings from waste-cutting reforms to protect essential frontline services (staffing, equipment) from budget cuts. Guarantees money reaches nurses, firefighters, teachers, and rural delivery.
Rural Agency Resilience Initiative
Prioritizes rural offices in hiring, resources, and budget protection to prevent disproportionate cuts that weaken clinics, sheriff departments, and fire stations in remote areas. Ensures rural Idahoans receive the same level of service as urban residents.
Performance-Based Budget Bonus Pool
Rewards agencies and employees with bonuses from verified savings for meeting performance targets like reduced costs or better service. Motivates efficiency and results across government.
Generate New Revenue and Growth
Regulatory and Permitting Streamline
Speeds up water rights, environmental approvals, building permits, and project reviews without weakening protections. Sets hard timelines, creates a single portal, and adds public dashboards for faster growth.
Tourism and Outdoor Recreation Revenue Boost Initiative
Increases revenue from state parks and recreation areas through limited private concessions with a seventy percent local and thirty percent state split. Generates funds for park maintenance and rural communities without selling public lands.
State Land Revenue Optimization Reform
Maximizes sustainable revenue from endowment and surplus lands through new leases and concessions while requiring local referendum approval. Directs a portion of new income back to host communities and public services.
Rural Broadband and Connectivity Initiative Reform
Accelerates high-speed internet in unserved rural areas by prioritizing existing funds and fast-tracking permitting. Closes the digital divide to enable remote work, education, telehealth, and economic growth.
Solve Specific Crises
This reform enforces existing laws to protect Idaho resources and reduce costs from illegal immigration. It expands supervised inmate labor for farms, requires able-bodied welfare recipients to fill available farm jobs where practical, and expands low-cost English and civics classes for qualifying legal immigrants. It speeds deportation of criminal illegal immigrants through sentence commutation, and enforces E-Verify for state contractors while encouraging private use with workforce solutions all without ignoring the law or government overreach.
Builds more homes faster by cutting red tape, speeding up permits, and responsibly using underutilized state land only after local referendum approval. Makes homeownership affordable again for Idaho families. Makes rentals fairer and more reliable with a public transparency portal for complaints, faster enforcement of maintenance laws, and incentives for responsible landlords. Discourages corporate dominance so families have better options. Provides real pathways out of homelessness with expanded shelter beds, work requirements for able-bodied adults, treatment priority, and local control. Moves people toward independence and stable housing.
Mental Health and Addiction Crisis Response Reform
Prioritizes existing treatment funds for acute cases and coordinates care for those in crisis. Expands access through partnerships and matching grants funded by savings from other reforms.
Veteran and Foster Youth Transition Program Reform
Creates priority pathways to housing, job training, and mental health services for veterans and youth aging out of foster care. Uses existing resources and savings from other reforms to reduce homelessness and unemployment risks.
Water Resource Management and Security
Prioritizes fast processing of water rights applications, requires binding local referendums for state land water projects, and proposes higher taxes or fees on large institutional or out-of-state water rights owners.