Over the course of this campaign, I’ve heard from thousands of residents — through door-knocking, phone calls, emails, social media, and survey responses. And no matter the topic, it all comes down to one simple principle: people want to be heard.

It’s no secret that I used to work for Mike Nickel when he was on City Council. Back in 2019, residents of Ward 11 were raising increasing concerns about public safety. Instead of using safety as a political wedge or an election promise, we decided to act.

There’s a lot of talk in this election about freezing the budget or rolling taxes back to 2021 levels. Then you hear the pushback:...

How lucky are we to have a City Council that continues to raise our taxes to pay a bunch of bureaucrats to provide the rules we really need?

Concept Drawing of the Blatchford Development In a previous blog about business, I talked about reviewing what barriers exist to starting...