Robert (Spider) Thompson
Retired public school teacher and coach · Statesville
The gist
- Proposes limiting vouchers to families at 185% of poverty.
- Supports Leandro plan funding, teacher raises and smaller classes.
- Opposes Medicaid work-requirement paperwork that ends coverage.
- Supports funding more Medicaid waiver slots for disabilities.
- Supports down payment help for first-time homebuyers.
- Supports fair, transparent redistricting.
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Proposes limiting vouchers to families at 185% of poverty.
Issues | SpiderforNCHouseCampaign website · Committee to Elect Spider Thompson · spiderfornchouse.com
“I'll fight to restore an income cap so that vouchers are limited to families at or below 185% of the federal poverty line”
Supports Leandro plan funding, teacher raises and smaller classes.
Issues | SpiderforNCHouseCampaign website · Committee to Elect Spider Thompson · spiderfornchouse.com
“I'll fight in Raleigh to deliver the funding and reforms the Leandro plan called for, better teacher pay, smaller class sizes”
Opposes Medicaid work-requirement paperwork that ends coverage.
Issues | SpiderforNCHouseCampaign website · Committee to Elect Spider Thompson · spiderfornchouse.com
“push back against policies, like burdensome work-requirement paperwork, that would kick eligible people off their insurance for no good reason”
Supports funding more Medicaid waiver slots for disabilities.
Issues | SpiderforNCHouseCampaign website · Committee to Elect Spider Thompson · spiderfornchouse.com
“I'll fight to fund significantly more waiver slots every budget cycle until this waitlist shrinks for good.”
Supports down payment help for first-time homebuyers.
Issues | SpiderforNCHouseCampaign website · Committee to Elect Spider Thompson · spiderfornchouse.com
“I'll fight for down payment and closing cost assistance for first-time buyers”
Supports fair, transparent redistricting.
Issues | SpiderforNCHouseCampaign website · Committee to Elect Spider Thompson · spiderfornchouse.com
“I'll support fair, transparent redistricting processes and oppose maps drawn to protect politicians”