28 www.CharlestonWomenPodcast.com | www.ReadCW.com | www.Instagram.com/CharlestonWomen A top issue for Landing’s district is traffic congestion. “Crowded roads lead the list of concerns here in Mount Pleasant,” she said. “I have worked hard with council and staff to address this problem through several different means. Infrastructure improvements including new roads, widening and better intersections are a major part of keeping traffic flowing throughout Mount Pleasant.” Additionally, Landing said she is passionate about the environment. “I oppose offshore drilling off the South Carolina coast entirely and without qualification. We need to work hard to encourage innovative private sector solutions to carbon reduction like increasing energy production from natural gas, solar and other sustainable sources. In the public sector, common-sense solutions such as gravity-based drainage for flood-prone areas, encouraging planting more vegetation especially trees and other initiatives add up to a much safer and cleaner environment over time.” Landing added that another important factor in her work is education. “Mount Pleasant public schools are the best in the state, which is a huge part of why so many people want to live here. Sadly, our teachers’ pay in South Carolina has lagged woefully behind the cost of living not only here, but throughout our state and not kept up with the level of education and expertise needed in today’s classroom. We need to raise teacher pay and bring more transparency to what is being taught to reinstate parents’ confidence in what their children are learning. Children need to learn the basics of reading, writing and STEM to incorporate not only science and math but also technology including coding.” She continued, “And we need to greatly promote technical schools so that those children who want to learn a much-needed trade such as electrician, plumber, welder and many others can do so proudly. This could help slow the outrageous inflation of college costs. Money should follow the child in the classroom so that teachers will have the resources necessary to do their job properly.” Landing concluded, “I believe in limited government and in personal responsibility. As a council member I have voted against arbitrary rules, mandates and prohibitions. As your South Carolina State House Representative, I will stand to empower our citizens instead of suffocating them with rules and mandates. I will always protect the rights of our citizens, never forgetting that I am serving the public, not seeking to rule the public. I believe in the innate common sense and goodness of the citizens of Mount Pleasant and the State of South Carolina.” Charleston Women in Business & PERSONAL BRANDING Luxury Headshots 843.256.4427 / @STEPHANIESELBYHEADSHOTS STEPHANIESELBYPHOTOGRAPHY.COM/HEADSHOTS HAIR & MAKEUP WARDROBE STYLING GUIDED POSING MASTER RETOUCHING
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