Political Profile: David Quiroa, Candidate for State Senate in District 13

On Aug 12, 2022

Friday, August 12, 2022

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David Quiroa is a Republican candidate for State Senate in District 13. Here is what he has to say.

1. What do you think is the biggest political issue this campaign season in Rhode Island?

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The economy needs job creation, access to affordable housing, and to take advantage of our greatest resource: The ocean by developing a strong Blue Economy with the sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth. Inflation relief for all Rhode Islanders. We are all experiencing a $5,000 pay cut p/yr with the current inflation. This pay cut to middle-class families is making it difficult to keep the standard of living we enjoyed back in 2017 through 2020. In RI, we rely on our cars for transportation and the price of gas is making our individual economic situation worse. Half of the middle class cannot afford to buy a home. The median price of a home in RI is $430,000, which means that a family or individual will need to earn an annual income of $120,000 to buy a home. The state government must ensure that housing inventories don’t go to making entire neighborhoods into virtual hotels with the CEO of Airbnb becoming the unelected Mayor of our City or Town. We cannot let unregulated housing investment unlink generations of family heritage that make up the fabric of communities. Neighborhoods filled with families and children are what gives a city or town its soul.

2. What do we need to do to improve Rhode Island’s economy?

As a State, we need to generate jobs, and ensure affordable housing for all Rhode Island residents as the lack of housing opportunities is now affecting even families with incomes of $75K to $110K depending on the family size. If we do not secure housing for Rhode Islanders, the state will become the Airbnb State and will no longer be the Ocean State for residents and families. State, city, and town governments need to get rid of duplication of efforts and trim down their spending. In addition, see my response above.

3. What is the greatest challenge facing Rhode Island as a state?

As the economy keeps getting worse with food, gasoline, utilities, cost of living going up and up, and quality of life declining at a fast rate, RI faces losing its middle class. We need to reinforce our schools by providing a new funding formula from the state to the cities and towns for those municipalities that are educating asylum children as the funding for those schools cannot be left to the homeowners alone. The General Assembly must pass a resolution forcing our Federal Delegation to bring funding for the current unfunded mandate to provide schooling to asylum children. In addition, we must increase school choice for all families, and we must place a Mental Health professional in every school across RI. On the other end of the spectrum, we need to ensure that our infrastructure to take care of our older Rhode Islanders is adequate and reflects our ever-increasing older population. RI, per capita, is the oldest estate demographically in New England with the 85 plus years of age population being the fastest growing segment. RI needs to invest more money in healthcare oriented to the older population, especially in Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s, and other Dementia.

4. Why are you running for office? What makes you uniquely qualified?

I cannot sit on the sidelines and witness our state deteriorate and have our politicians destroy our economy in the name of going Green. We must protect our environment, but it must be balanced. We must respond to the mental health crisis we are facing. We need to support all our schools and families by increasing funding for schools and expanding school choice. Our seniors are becoming the fastest growing segment of our population and we need to secure an infrastructure that is going to give our older aging adults a dignified life where they can remain independent. We must come up with strategies that will help us face the epidemic of Dementia among our elderly. The current political environment needs a dose of realpolitik. I can help bring that change.

My life, education, community service, international, private and government sector experience with a deep understanding of executing programs that fix identified community needs puts me in a unique position to serve as a member of the RI General Assembly. As state senator, I can give back to my community by working full time hours, for the yearly stipend of $16,000 the post pays. It is basically a volunteer position.

5. Who is your inspiration?

If I answered this question any other way, my family, friends, and colleagues would know that I was not being honest. I admire President Donald Trump. Politics, more than ever, needs politicians that are going to do politics unhooked from the status quo – and that takes fortitude from within to do the right thing. I believe that President Trump, showed to be that kind of politician (un-political). President Trump moved America forward. Before the Covid19 pandemic crisis, the US built the world’s most prosperous economy. America gained 7 million new jobs – more than three times government experts’ projections. Middle-Class family income increased nearly $6,000 – more than five times the gains during the entire previous administration. Don’t we wish we were still prosperous?

Trump delivered a future of greater promise and opportunity. Unemployment for women hit its lowest rate in nearly 70 years. Under Trump, Operation Warp Speed was set in motion to initiate an unprecedented effort to develop and make available an effective vaccine to lessen the impact of covid19. It is up to us to save RI, not President Trump. Let’s break bad governance this November 8th. Elect me to the RI Senate District 13th Jamestown and Newport.

Since I brought up Trump, folks may have the following questions:

1. Do I think President Biden won the last presidential election? YES.

2. Do I think January 6, 2021, disturbances on the US Capitol were an insurrection? NO.

3. Would I vote for President Trump again? YES.

BIO – David Quiroa

My name is David Quiroa; I’ve been a Newporter for over 33 years. I married my wife Iris in 1995, and together we raised five children. I made a career in the hospitality industry moving up the ladder at The New York Yacht Club. In my mid-thirties, I started a second career at The Cranston Department of Senior Services. There, I have served as the Retired Senior Volunteer Program Director and as the Assistant Director for the last 7 years. I served, under Mayor Fung, as Interim Director for 3 years. The first two years during a transition period and the last year during the first full year of the Covid19 pandemic, leading the Food Security Program for most of the State, serving 5,000 meals per week to homebound seniors. I want to pursue solutions in the following areas: Mental Health, State of our Senior Population, new Funding Formula for Schools (homeowners cannot keep paying for schooling asylum children), and Economic Development. As members of the middle class, we all have experienced a $5,000 p/yr. pay cut due to inflation, made worse by bad governance. I hope to have your support and be elected as your State Senator in District 13, which includes all of Jamestown and 85% of Newport, RI.

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Political Profile: David Quiroa, Candidate for State Senate in District 13

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