Experienced – Committed – Capable
It has been an honor to serve my friends and neighbors as a city councilor for three terms. I’m asking for your support this term to continue work on affordable housing, cheaper energy, and smart city budgets.
In my three terms as councilor, I have helped create affordable housing, pass city spending guidelines to protect our taxpayers, and initiated a municipal solar project.
For 30 years, as a newspaper publisher, non-profit leader and city councilor I’ve collaborated with others to move our city forward. This term I want to work on
- Housing for all income levels
- Stable and predictable budgets that don’t overburden residents
- Zoning changes developed by our Housing Committee to increase housing supply
- More innovative ways to get citizen engagement prior to council decisions
- A revitalized city hall and police station complex that residents can be proud of
- A greener Portsmouth for our children
When I look with pride on the creation of 127 units of below-market rate housing at the Sherburne School, stable and predictable city budgets, enhanced tax abatements for seniors and the disabled, greener electricity options and other good results of our council, I am motivated to continue to serve. These good things only happen with teamwork and energy – my leadership principle is captured in an African prover, “To go fast, go alone. But to go far, go with others.”
