Previous Offices Held
First time running for office
Top Three Priorities
1. Make the city more safe, presentable and appealing for our current residents/businesses, future residents/businesses and patrons from other towns. 2. Welcome more industry to lower the tax burden. 3. Addressing and holding accountability for recurring issues in the city.
Why are you running?
I want to see Sanford succeed. It's easy to sit back and complain about the problems in our city. I think it's important to instead take action and be a part of the solution.
What is the biggest challenge facing your town/county? The biggest opportunity?
Challenge: Affordability (rent, taxes, etc) — the city continues to accumulate debt, increasing taxes for people and businesses living and operating here. Opportunity: Capitalizing on our physical location and events already held here — Mainers games, farmers markets, classes at local shops, etc. are great attractors, and the city should utilize these preexisting assets as opportunities to draw people, creating an appealing home for new businesses.
If you could change one thing about how the town/county functions, what would it be and why?
Open city hall 5 days a week for more access to the people employed by the taxpayers (most of whom are at work during city hall operating hours), along with a straightforward and streamlined process/transparent list of requirements necessary to accomplish various tasks in the city such as building structures, pulling permits, etc.
Do you support more development – i.e. more housing construction and business building in your town/county? Why or why not?
I support the prioritization of development to introduce more diverse businesses and industries with the goal of attracting new citizens who would purchase and build houses in the city, in turn lowering the tax burden on other homeowners.