• Raise teacher salaries toward the national average and ensure that every penny of lottery proceeds is spent on education

• Cut the state sales tax and taxes on almost 30,000 small businesses

• Provide a tax credit to help small businesses afford to provide better health insurance for their employees.

• Increase the minimum wage to help approximately 140,000 working North Carolinians.

• Strengthen the state’s key job-creation initiatives and provide additional funding to help businesses locate and expand in North Carolina.

• Pass a responsible budget that doubled the Rainy Day Fund in case of disasters or an economic downturn.

• Create a program that requires repeat sex offenders to wear a Global Positions System (GPS) bracelet so they can be tracked at all times

• Curb illegal immigration by tightening proof-of-identity requirements for driver’s licenses and giving state and local police the power to enforce immigration laws.

• Give consumers relief from rising fuel costs by capping the gas tax, offering tax credits for alternative energy products, and toughening price-gouging laws to protect consumers against unfair gasoline price increases.

• Adopt tough new ethics, lobbying, and campaign finance reforms that promote good government and integrity in public service.

Senator Snow looks forward to returning to Raleigh to work to improve the Western North Carolina Community. Please contact him if he can be of any service to you during the interim period between now and January.