Daniel Shepard
Historical Details
Position on Issues
Against| Read My Position
Seacoast Online Voter Guide, 2018
"Young professionals want to live where there are good opportunities and where they can feel they and their families are safe. ... No income or sales tax is also an advantage we need to retain to do this."
Against| Read My Position
Seacoast Online Voter Guide, 2018
"Young professionals want to live where there are good opportunities and where they can feel they and their families are safe. ... No income or sales tax is also an advantage we need to retain to do this."
Other| Read My Position
Seacoast Online Voter Guide, 2018
"I believe in personal responsibility and, correspondingly this is each person's choice. However, no person should have to suffer a consequence of someone else's marijuana use. Therefore, if someone is irresponsible and shows up for work under the influence, it should be an uncontestable ground for dismissal. Also, since marijuana today is engineered like GMO's for greater strength, some oversight on the potency should be factored in."
Against| Read My Position
Seacoast Online Voter Guide, 2018
"No. The economy is taking off and, with unemployment near 50-year lows, wages will naturally rise without government intervention. Minimum wages too often hurt teenage and part-time workers and those seeking a stepping stone to return to the workforce."
Undecided| Read My Position
Seacoast Online Voter Guide, 2018
"I would need to study how such a program would be paid for and how the impact on businesses would be managed."
For| Read My Position
Seacoast Online Voter Guide, 2018
"I agree with bans on bump stocks and with providing better background checking mechanisms to close the loopholes that exist at gun shows. There are also red flag laws being explored that could be very helpful at keeping guns out of the hands of those who may pose an immediate threat. However, in so much as the Second Amendment is written such that the right to bear arms 'shall not be infringed,' we cannot dig in our heels on both sides expecting huge changes. We must find ways to address gun violence separate from the Second Amendment that can be implemented with bipartisan support now, such as that mentioned in my response to question 2, above."
For| Read My Position
Seacoast Online Voter Guide, 2018
"Shepard said he 'did not want to do anything to hurt our public schools,' and said he was in favor of a voucher system."
"'Some people are not a good fit for a public school, but rather than focus on what money we're getting for (the school system),' Shepard said. 'Don't think of it so much as what are we getting in terms of money, that's not money for the school system, that's the money to educate the children.'
