Why I'm running
There are four core reasons why I'm running to be your Governor . . .
In Addition
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Simpler tax code, smaller government, reduced taxes, reduced regulations, understandable laws. I favor all of these and all will be the consequence with Jury Democracy.
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Censorship: I oppose censorship and have been victimized by it.
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Education: Tim Walz and the teachers' unions decided to destroy education and harm children in a failed attempt to reduce COVID deaths.
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Honest, fair elections: I support them. Scott Jensen opposes them.
Observations About My Opponents
POSITIONS TABLE
Government Reform
Jury Democracy. Have statistically valid juries of 500+ randomly selected citizens make all important decisions of government after hearing full debate and information from all sides on a single issue or proposal. See McTavish4MN.org to learn more.
Hugh McTavish, Independence-Alliance
Supports. It is my original idea and the core reason for my campaign. I think it will transform government. We will be making policy based on reason and evidence and civil discourse instead of based on money and influence and divisions.
Tim Walz,
DFL
Will Oppose.
Scott Jensen,
Republican
Will Oppose.
Will impose his agenda on you if he wins.
Hugh McTavish,
Independence-Alliance
No. If I win, I will PROPOSE each item of my agenda to a jury representing the citizens of the state.. If the jury votes for it, we will do it; if they vote against it, we will not do it.
Tim Walz,
DFL
Yes.
Scott Jensen,
Republican
Yes.
Ranked choice voting
Hugh McTavish,
Independence-Alliance
Supports.
Tim Walz,
DFL
Opposes.
Scott Jensen,
Republican
Opposes.
Happiness
Governing with the goal of happiness, not GDP growth.
Hugh McTavish,
Independence-Alliance
Supports. It is my idea.
Tim Walz,
DFL
Never occurred to him.
Scott Jensen,
Republican
Never occurred to him.
Tracking happiness, depression, and loneliness as carefully as we currently track economic statistics, so we can aim to improve happiness.
Hugh McTavish,
Independence-Alliance
Supports. It is my idea.
Tim Walz,
DFL
Never occurred to him.
Scott Jensen,
Republican
Never occurred to him.
Name tag request. Replace the mask mandate with a name tag request, a request that we all wear name tags in public that say "Minnesota Nice" as a reminder to live up to that and be nice to one another and that say your first name or whatever name you want to put on it. My aim is to make it a little easier to meet and interact with people and maybe help you make a new friend.
Hugh McTavish,
Independence-Alliance
Supports. It is my idea.
Tim Walz,
DFL
Opposes, he prefers the mask mandate.
Scott Jensen,
Republican
Never occurred to him.
Mandatory walks outside for 15 minutes at the same time once each week, between 3:00 and 4:00 on Thursdays. (Not really mandatory for people, but mandatory for businesses to give 15 minutes off in this time.) This will improve our health and mood and help you to meet your neighbors or others and maybe make a new friend.
Hugh McTavish,
Independence-Alliance
Supports. It is my idea.
Tim Walz,
DFL
Never occurred to him.
Scott Jensen,
Republican
Never occurred to him.
Police Reform and Public Safety
Ending mandatory arbitration for police officer firings and discipline so police chiefs can fire and discipline bad cops. I believe this will not only reduce police abuse of civilians but also reduce crime and increase the effectiveness of police because we will have more good cops and fewer bad cops.
Hugh McTavish,
Independence-Alliance
Supports.
Tim Walz,
DFL
Opposes.
Scott Jensen,
Republican
Opposes.
Environment
Sharing the lands and waters of our state with nature and other species by converting 50% of our land to nature and wilderness.
Hugh McTavish,
Independence-Alliance
Supports. It is my proposal
Tim Walz,
DFL
Will oppose.
Scott Jensen,
Republican
Will oppose.
Population: Acknowledging and making an official statement that Minnesota, the U.S., and the world are overpopulated, meaning that the population is above our optimum population for human welfare and the welfare of the natural world.
Hugh McTavish,
Independence-Alliance
Supports. Perhaps the only politician ever to make overpopulation an issue.
Tim Walz,
DFL
Will oppose.
Scott Jensen,
Republican
Will oppose.
Line 3 oil pipeline pumping dirty tar sand oil from Canada across Indian lands in Minnesota, against the wishes of the Ashinaabe tribe and contributing massively to global warming.
Hugh McTavish,
Independence-Alliance
Opposes.
Tim Walz,
DFL
Supports.
Scott Jensen,
Republican
Supports.
Copper-Nickel mines in northern Minnesota that will leach toxic metals into the Boundary Waters and Lake Superior and other Minnesota waters.
Hugh McTavish,
Independence-Alliance
Opposes.
Tim Walz,
DFL
Refuses to take a position
Scott Jensen,
Republican
Supports.
Clean car standards
Hugh McTavish,
Independence-Alliance
Supports.
Tim Walz,
DFL
Supports.
Scott Jensen,
Republican
Opposes.
COVID Lockdowns
COVID Lockdowns: Closing schools, churches, restaurants, businesses, ordering us to stay at home for 7 weeks, mask mandates, vaccine mandates and vaccine coercion, promoting vaccinating children and people who have already been infected.
Hugh McTavish,
Independence-Alliance
I oppose all mandatory restrictions. All evidence indicates they accomplished nothing to reduce COVID cases and deaths but led to an explosion in clinical depression and mental illness, a huge increase in deaths of despair, an increase in crime and murders, threw 16% of workers out of their jobs, destroyed education and childhood for our children and college students, and were a massive and unprecedented infringement on our freedom and personal liberty.
Tim Walz,
DFL
Supported and imposed these lockdowns.
Scott Jensen,
Republican
Opposes.
Limiting government power
Governing by executive decree without statutes or the consent of the legislature.
Hugh McTavish,
Independence-Alliance
Tim Walz,
DFL
Opposes.
Supports.
Scott Jensen,
Republican
Opposes, although one suspects he only opposes it for Tim Walz, not for himself.
Jailing your political opponents like a third world dictator
Scott Jensen wants to jail Steve Simon, the Secretary of State, not for any alleged crime but just because he runs honest elections and refuses to rig the vote for Republicans.
Hugh McTavish,
Independence-Alliance
Tim Walz,
DFL
Oppose. I think it disqualifies Scott Jensen from holding public office.
Opposes. He also thinks it disqualifies Scott Jensen from holding public office.
Scott Jensen,
Republican
Supports.
Gun Control
Hugh McTavish,
Independence-Alliance
I support common sense gun control, including banning assualt weapons and universal background checks. I differ from Tim Walz only in that I would introduce these ideas to a jury by Jury Democracy and I am confident the jury would pass them, and then I would demand the legislature vote on the bill that passed the jury to get this enacted into law.
Tim Walz,
DFL
Supports.
Scott Jensen,
Republican
Opposes any gun control legislation.
Abortion
Hugh McTavish,
Independence-Alliance
I am pro-choice. I would introduce a bill to make Roe v. Wade the law in Minnesota to a jury and I am confident the jury would pass it.
Tim Walz,
DFL
Pro-choice, but no real plan to enact the right to abortion into state law.
Scott Jensen,
Republican
Opposes the right to an abortion.
Control of your body by the government
Hugh McTavish,
Independence-Alliance
Oppose in all cases.
Tim Walz,
DFL
Supports with vaccine mandates and vaccine coercion.
Scott Jensen,
Republican
Supports for pregnant women by outlawing abortion.
