{"id":12325,"date":"2026-09-25T19:07:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/candidates\/michael-r-roy\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T19:07:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:07:48","slug":"michael-r-roy","status":"publish","type":"candidate","link":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/candidates\/michael-r-roy\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael R. Roy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Previous Offices Held<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I ran for Ward 4 City Council in 2024 and won. Been on the Lewiston City Council 2024 to present<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Top Three Priorities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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1) Increase economic development in the city prioritizing businesses who have employees on-site to support our local businesses and restaurants. 2) Support our Police Department with necessary resources to address the uptick in violence in our city. 3) Property Tax relief by broadening the municipal tax base so that the cost of city services is shared across more commercial and residential properties. We really need to invest in our local business and be business friendly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Why are you running?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I have lived in Lewiston my whole life and I care about our community, we have amazing people here. I want to make a difference by listening to all community members and encourage everyone to share their thoughts and ideas about how to move Lewiston forward. I would love to have our community work as a team to create change. Together we are the change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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What is the biggest challenge facing your town\/county? The biggest opportunity?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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We need to address the challenge of bringing more businesses into our city to ease property tax burdens. Gun violence is also a big challenge in our city. We need to support our Police Department with necessary resources needed to do their jobs effectively to create a safe environment for our residents and encourage new business. Together we can grow our community safely and move towards prosperity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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If you could change one thing about how the town\/county functions, what would it be and why?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Allow citizens increased input on the budget process through surveys and possibly changing the city charter requiring citizens to vote on the city budget along with the school budget. I would like to see more transparency with executive sessions by publishing executive session notes or opening executive sessions by council vote to the public for issues that are not deemed confidential. I would like to look into reducing any duplicated administrative services between the city and school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Do you support more development \u2013 i.e. more housing construction and business building in your town\/county? Why or why not?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Yes, of course, we need to bring more businesses into our city to ease property tax burdens on our residents as well as invest in the current businesses that operate in our city. I also support additional affordable senior\/market rate housing scattered in various parts of the city. I would like to prioritize, but not limit, tiffs for new businesses that have employees on site.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7189,"template":"","meta":{"voter_guide_candidate_first_name":"Michael","voter_guide_candidate_middle_name":"Robert","voter_guide_candidate_last_name":"Roy","voter_guide_candidate_suffix":"","voter_guide_candidate_race_id":12319,"voter_guide_candidate_age":57,"voter_guide_candidate_hometown":"","voter_guide_candidate_occupation":"Case Manager for homeless veterans & work with homeless youth","voter_guide_candidate_bio":"I have lived and worked in Lewiston my whole life and I care about our community. It has been a privilege to serve over the past 3 years.","voter_guide_candidate_education":"Undergraduate Mental Health and Human Services \/ Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor","voter_guide_candidate_years_in_municipality":"","voter_guide_candidate_headshot_url":"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1tLoyjmxQqKVC-jJrFSZs23I43x5y3v14","voter_guide_candidate_date_filed":"","footnotes":""},"vg_party":[1073],"vg_residence_municipality":[],"class_list":["post-12325","candidate","type-candidate","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","vg_party-democratic"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/candidates\/12325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/candidates"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/candidate"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/candidates\/12325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12326,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/candidates\/12325\/revisions\/12326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vg_party","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_party?post=12325"},{"taxonomy":"vg_residence_municipality","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.pressherald.com\/voter-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vg_residence_municipality?post=12325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}