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Education
AA Business Administration
City of Residence
Ocala
I bring 28 and a half years of public service as a police officer with the Ocala Police Department. That career was spent solving real problems for real people, often under pressure, often with incomplete information, and always with accountability to the community I served. Crisis management is something I did every single day on the job.
Law enforcement teaches you to assess a situation quickly, identify what's broken, and find a solution, not after another study, but now.
I also have built and ran a successful business here in Marion County for 10 years. Managing budgets and employees.
What qualifies me? Nearly three decades of protecting this community, a decade of building businesses in this community, and a lifetime of roots here.
Property taxes have hit Marion County families hard. If voters approve it, we must respond responsibly. That means prioritizing core services, eliminating wasteful spending, and making developers pay their fair share through full impact fees. For too long, growth has been subsidized by taxpayers instead of funded by those profiting from it. Restoring impact fees to 100% of calculated cost helps offset revenue loss without burdening residents further. We also need to diversify revenue strategies and pursue state and federal infrastructure grants aggressively. Fiscal discipline starts with spending what we have wisely. Decide what is a "Need" or a "Want" and remove the "Wants."
Twenty-eight years in law enforcement taught me you cannot serve a community you are not listening to. As commissioner, I will hold regular town halls in Marion County throughout my term, not just at election time. I will get into neighborhoods, churches, and community centers where people actually gather. I will push for full transparency on development applications, budget decisions, and impact fee calculations. Residents deserve to know what is being decided and why. Sound public decisions do not come from commissioners who think they have all the answers. They come from leaders who ask the right questions and trust the people they represent. Maybe we need to have a commissioner meeting at 6pm, to allow working citizens to attend.
I am a native Marion Countian going back eight generations. Marion County is our home and we are at a crossroads. We can continue in the direction that we are going with overdevelopment and lack of infrastructure or we can elect a commissioner who has dedicated his life to serving the people of Marion County. I will put "ROADS BEFORE ROOFTOPS" and make sure that growth pays for growth and that it is not subsidized by citizens. I am the only candidate who has endorsements from the Marion County Property Appraiser, the local Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 145 and the local Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 129, the two largest law enforcement organizations in Marion County have put their trust in me and I hope you will join them on August 18
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