Kelley vies for position

Working on education

ADAMS COUNTY — Tyana Kelley is running for election to state representative position two for the Ninth Legislative District to make changes to the education system.

“I am running because I see a need for representation for people other than farmers,” she said. “A lot of working class families need a representative. They haven’t had that since the (Great) Depression.”

Kelley has several goals to achieve if elected.

She said it’s important to expand health care and make it available to all citizens. She wants to remove the WASL as a high school graduation requirement and expand financial aid to college students. She said student loan interest rates need to be lower.

Kelley said she’s been talking to people in the community to learn about issues important to them in an effort to best represent voters.

Kelley said people should vote for her.

“I don’t have a long history in politics. This is my first run at it,” she noted.

She hopes to make a career of listening to issues and taking them to Olympia. She wants to build relationships with other politicians to help the Ninth Legislative District.

Kelley said there are some issues about jobs available in the area. She said the state is rated as one of the best places to do business in the United States.

“I think jobs are coming,” she said. “We need to attract good jobs with good money and good benefits.”

Kelley said she will help increase agricultural opportunities by securing funding from the Legislature for a biodiesel plant.

“I think that there have been some talks about having a biodiesel plant built in Clarkston and that had been abandoned due to the lack of funding,” she said.

Building a biodiesel plant would help farmers because they can plant the crops needed for the facility, she said.

Kelley wants to help improve educational opportunities.

“I want to remove the WASL as a high school graduation requirement,” she said.

The test is bias toward students with disabilities such as dyslexia and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) because those students usually get more time to take regular tests but not for the WASL, she said.

She said English language learners usually have a harder time taking the test and generally lower-income students don’t score as well as higher income students.

Kelley asks people to visit her Web site at Tyanaforthe9th.com for more information.