Campaign Phone
3522781090
1) Local Control - Continued erosion of local control/citizen driven initiatives by the State and Federal Governments
2) Affordability - High total cost of living, low wage rates, limited career opportunities locally, and lack of affordable housing stock
3) Quality Living Conditions - Limited safety-net services, recreational opportunities, community gathering places, and deteriorating infrastructure, combined, is a recipe for undue social and financial stress on an individual or family living in our community
Since I live in a rural area, I do hear and understand the concerns of the citizens who feel inadequately represented through local government actions. If elected, I will recommend that the frequency of joint meetings increase, I will periodically attend the meetings of the municipalities (outside of joint meetings), as scheduling permits - I will attend association and community meetings - when invited, and I will monitor and respond, as appropriate, to commissioner emails daily.
Over the long term, I will recommend that a centralized, publicly reported tracking system be developed to respond to citizen concerns and complaints across all county departments.
Engagement and transparency are essential to trust in government.
Local government(s) are the frontline service providers when addressing homelessness, including responsibility for funding, policy, and community interventions.
Homelessness has many causes, and therefore, Alachua County should continue to enhance and offer many solutions, including, but not limited to:
-Zoning: Encourage affordable housing options
-Funding: Apply for and distribute grants to expand the spectrum of homeless programs
-Social Services: Provide increased mental health and addiction treatment programs
-Prevention Programs: Increase emergency rental and utility assistance in conjunction with life-skills classes and energy efficiency evaluations to reduce the monthly cost of living and stop evictions before they happen
Alachua County’s biggest challenge is making sure growth improves daily life for residents rather than making life more expensive.
First, housing and daily costs are putting pressure on working families, seniors, young adults, and public servants who want to stay in the county they call home. Second, roads, drainage, public safety, parks, and county services must keep pace with growth instead of falling behind. Third, we must protect clean water, conservation lands, neighborhoods, rural communities, and local decision-making as development pressure increases.
The County Commission has real tools: land use, infrastructure planning, conservation, public investment, partnerships, and budgeting. I will use those tools with discipline to lower c
Communication has to be part of governing, not something that happens after a vote.
Alachua County is not one community with one set of needs. Gainesville, East Gainesville, High Springs, Archer, Hawthorne, Micanopy, Newberry, Waldo, Alachua, our rural areas, and unincorporated neighborhoods all experience county decisions differently.
I would hold regular office hours and community meetings across the county, use plain-language updates on major issues, and make sure residents know what decisions are coming before they are final. For major budget, land-use, infrastructure, and service decisions, people deserve clear answers: what is being proposed, what problem it solves, what it costs, what tradeoffs exist, and how public input shaped the
Alachua County should help lead a coordinated, humane, and accountable response to homelessness.
The county should focus first on prevention because keeping someone housed is usually less costly and less traumatic than helping them recover after they lose housing. That means stronger eviction prevention, behavioral health services, substance-use treatment, outreach, emergency shelter, and permanent supportive housing for those with the greatest needs.
The county also needs to coordinate effectively with Gainesville, other municipalities, nonprofit providers, healthcare systems, law enforcement, housing partners, and state and federal agencies. Lack of coordination can lead to cycling between the street, ER's, jails, and temporary shelter.
1) Putting People First by funding programs directly supporting citizens, helping veterans, caregivers and first responders with benefits, creating jobs, expanding public transportation to rural areas and creating a smart growth in east and west County.
2) Providing safe communities i.e. fixing unsafe roads, implementing gun control policies, and creating safe centers for young and elderly citizens.
3) Protecting Taxpayer's Money and Investments. If Senate Bill 4F passes in November 2026, Alachua County Government will be faced with providing critical services i.e. fire, public safety, law enforcement, health care, education, transportation to name a few services with fewer dollars.
1) Maximize the use of social media and digital tools to keep citizen informed and involved.
2) Provide opportunities for public participation
3) Create ambassadors representing the people from each municipality and provide them with the training and resources to maintain a clear flow of communication between the County Commission, stakeholders, and citizens.
4) Remove language barriers ensuring that the communication is clear.
1) Alachua County Board of County Commissioners should take the lead in creating policy and developing a Homelessness Trust. In doing so by getting input from the municipalities, citizens living in homelessness hot spots across the County, Department of Veterans Affairs, Shands and North Florida Hospitals, Law Enforcement, Public Safety, Merdian Behavior, State and Federal agencies, Elder Care, Alachua County's Community Support Services Department and the Alachua County School Board to name a few organizations in solving the homelessness problem.
2) To that point, all agencies should collaborate in identifying the problem, gather critical data, developing alternatives to solving homelessness and implement a near and long-term solution.
Campaign Phone
3528717988
1. Population growth and continued migration into North Central have increased pressure on the region's housing market, making it harder for many residents to find homes that are both affordable and available.
2. The proposed statewide constitutional property tax amendment is bad polic wrapped in a good slogan. It promises easy relief, but the reality is that it would drain billionsof dollars from local communities and leave counties scrambling to cover the cost of essential services.
3. Eastern Alachua County faces lonstanding infrastructure disparities that continue to limit opportunity and quality of life for esidents. While western portions of Alachua County have benefited from more consistent investment and access infrastructure.
If elected, I will make sure every part of the county has a voice by keeping commnication open, consistent, and accessible. I will regularly mmet with residents in different communities, use multiple ways to share uodates and gather feedback, and make decisions based on input from across the county so all areas are represented fairly.
The county's role should not stop at Gainesville city limits. Funding decision shows county leaders were already looking to expend outreach beyond the the cith of Gainesville and treat homelessness as a broader countywide and regional issue. It is important because people are experiencing homelessness in rural and unincorporated parts of the county.
