Missouri House 145th District candidate: Victoria Proffer

Name Victoria 'Tori' Proffer

Age 61

Place of birth Alton, IL

Spouse's, children's names

Widow

Daughter - Alexandria

Grandsons - Hunter and Jaxon

Education

Mineral Area College

Self-taught (because there were not college courses prior to 1993) Network Engineer

Occupation Internet Pioneer. I am one of the first woman Internet Service Provider (ISP)

Employer Retired

Businesses owned, all or part

Leadbelt ISP - Dial-up provider - 1993 - 1998

SunFast DSL - DSL provider - 1998 - 2000

St. Louis Broadand - Fixed Wireless provider - 2000 - 2012

STLWiMAX - WiMAX provider - Founder and co-owner - 2012 - 2014

Public offices held or sought; give dates

Missouri House Representative - District 145 - Current election-cycle.

Website http://Proffer.us

Email tori@proffer.us

Phone (573) 429-1776

Do you support Amendment 2?

No, not as written, as it is unconstitutional.

Corporations and PACs are not natural persons

as they do not enjoy unalienable Rights.

Corporations do not vote. They do not experience death only dissolution.

If the citizen was removed from the amendment, than absolutely!

No politician should get rich from public service! Nothing I detest more than 'Special Interest' monies. This is where the corruption in

government starts.

It needs to come to an end.

Do you support Amendment 3?

No new taxes! In fact many taxes need to be cut.

Our community is hurting right now, and I believe our economy is going to get much worse.

As well, smoking in a business establishment is the choice of the owner of the business, smoking or even 'baking cakes' decisions belongs to the business owner, not the government.

No shoes, no shirt no service has meaning.

Lets protect our businesses and local jobs.

What steps should be taken to improve funding for Missouri's roads and bridges?

There is no reason the Missouri House needs to be 'sequestered' in

Jefferson City for four months of the year.

A lot can be accomplished through telecommuting.

This would save the .37 per mile of 148 representatives, as well as the $112 per day per diem.

That is a huge savings that can be used towards improving road conditions. As well as less travel on our roads! And keeps our reps in their district!

Besides roads and bridges, what is the biggest challenge for the state of Missouri that the legislature needs to address?

Because I was a business owner for 22 years, I know how to create jobs!

One way would be to work with municipalities and help them expand their fiber optic footprint because they get it at low costs through right-of-way agreements and turn it into to fixed wireless services so that they can compete with the AT&T's, the Verizon's and other non-local services. Inexpensive Internet, local customer service and jobs.

Keep our jobs local!