Ballot Pedia, Carine Werner

Scottsdale, Ex-mayor’s endorsements stir SUSD Board race

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Carine is an immigrant who arrived in the United States at the age of 11. She and her husband reside in Scottsdale with their 3 children.

Carine currently works as the co-owner of a real estate investment and development consultancy. She has previously worked in business strategy and sales.

Carina Werner currently serves as an at-large member of the Scottsdale Unified Governing Board in Arizona. She was elected in 2022 and is serving her first term.

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Supports a "low-tax, business-friendly environment" to advance economic growth and opposes legislation that increases burdens on families and businesses.

Supports generating job growth by promoting a business-friendly environment and incentivizing businesses to create job opportunities.

Believes in addressing economic challenges by implementing "common-sense leadership" to stabilize prices, support small businesses, and improve labor conditions.

Plans to improve the cost of living to ensure future generations have opportunities to build successful lives in Arizona.

- Supports a "low-tax, business-friendly environment" to advance economic growth and opposes legislation that increases burdens on families and businesses.
- Believes in addressing economic challenges by implementing "common-sense leadership" to stabilize prices, support small businesses, and improve labor conditions.
- Plans to improve the cost of living to ensure future generations have opportunities to build successful lives in Arizona.

Economy

Supports empowering and funding law enforcement to ensure community safety amid rising crime rates.

Plans to work with various officials to secure the border, reduce crime, and stop drug flow into Arizona.

Believes in addressing homelessness with "compassion & accountability" by providing drug and mental health treatment to clean up communities. Plans to deploy experts to identify and treat mental illness and addiction among the homeless.

Believes in addressing homelessness with "compassion & accountability." Plans to deploy experts to identify and treat "mental illness" and "drug addiction" among the homeless.

- Supports empowering and funding law enforcement to ensure community safety amid rising crime rates.
- Plans to work with various officials to secure the border, reduce crime, and stop drug flow into Arizona.
- Believes in addressing homelessness with "compassion & accountability." Plans to deploy experts to identify and treat "mental illness" and "drug addiction" among the homeless.

Public Safety

Said, "We need to clean up our streets by providing opportunities for drug and mental health treatment."

- Said, "We need to clean up our streets by providing opportunities for drug and mental health treatment."

Healthcare

Supports increasing teacher pay and reducing wasteful spending to better allocate funds for quality education. Plans to "invest in our future and our next generation" by ensuring taxpayer dollars directly benefit classrooms and educators.

Supports increasing teacher pay and reducing wasteful spending to invest in quality education for children. Plans to allocate taxpayer dollars directly to classrooms and increase pay for teachers and support staff.

Believes parents should drive their children's education and supports transparency in classrooms to keep parents informed and involved.

Believes parents should "drive children's education" and supports transparency in classrooms to keep parents informed and involved.

Believes education is crucial for children's future and plans to advocate for it in the state legislature. As a School Board member, has been actively involved in K-12 school policies for over a decade.

Believes in ensuring transparency in classrooms to keep parents informed and involved in their child’s education. Plans to improve K-12 school policies by increasing parental engagement.

Believes parents are the experts in their children’s education and health. Supports empowering parents to drive their children’s education.

Wants to eliminate "woke ideology" and "social activism" in schools.

- Supports increasing teacher pay and reducing wasteful spending to better allocate funds for quality education. Plans to "invest in our future and our next generation" by ensuring taxpayer dollars directly benefit classrooms and educators.
- Believes parents should "drive children's education" and supports transparency in classrooms to keep parents informed and involved.
- Wants to eliminate "woke ideology" and "social activism" in schools.

Education

As of June 19, 2024, Carine Werner’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Chamber Business News, Business groups announce endorsements for state Legislature ahead of primary election

Endorsed by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

- Endorsed by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

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Carine Werner

- Supports empowering and funding law enforcement to ensure community safety amid rising crime rates.
- Plans to work with various officials to secure the border, reduce crime, and stop drug flow into Arizona.

Carine Werner is an immigrant who arrived in the United States at the age of 11, not speaking English, and later attended public school. She and her husband are small business owners who reside in Scottsdale with their family, appreciating the area's quality of life and natural beauty. Specific details about the school she attended, the church they attend, or the composition of her family are not provided.

As of July 2, 2024, Carine Werner’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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