My New Jersey public school education prepared me to graduate from Johns Hopkins with Honors ('06). I know the value of great public schools like ours, and will advocate with my full chest for a fully funded FCPS. I rented for fifteen years before I bought my first home in 2022 with my husband, and I'm ready to fight for tenant protections and affordable housing. I've used public transportation in the few major cities I've lived in for the 20 years I've worked, and still rely on the MARC.

I am opposed to the expanded data center overlay and to the use of land within rural preservation areas to build data centers. I believe data centers should have to supply at minimum 70% of their own power via renewables. If elected to office, my first action would be to introduce legislation to reverse the approval of the expanded overlay and approve the roughly 1600 acre site recommended by the county’s Planning Commission.

Frederick County needs rent stabilization, and we also need the state to enable us to enact good cause eviction. I'm concerned that the solutions for affordable housing we will see put forward will be developer-driven and market oriented. We can make improvements to zoning and permitting to make it faster and cheaper to build, but the county will need to play hardball to get developers to actually build the truly affordable housing our residents need. I'm prepared to hold the line on that.

Remember what it was like during quarantine, when we couldn't leave our homes, see our friends or family outside our household, send our kids to school? We have neighbors going through that because they are worried they'll disappear, or their kids will be taken. Whatever it takes, we need to ensure our sheriff's office is compliant with the reversal of 287(g). We need to support the organizations on the ground helping immigrants, and we need to keep working on building a more humane future.

Five years ago a group of experts put together the CRRR, a roadmap for cutting greenhouse emissions by 50% of 2010 levels by 2030/100% by 2050. A follow up report, the CEAP was released last year. We have good goals and a solid plan to achieve them; what we need is follow through. We need to weave cutting emissions and cooling our cities into every county decision we make; we need to keep thinking and talking about 2050- we can't throw our long term vision away for economic expediency right now.

I have over 35 years of valued professional experience in management, customer relations and community service. I am connected to and have been involved in numerous non-profit groups helping within the community for a number of years. I have given a large percentage of my life helping others and being a part of our community.

I am against any unchecked development growth. I am vividly against the CDI overlay and have spoken at a number of hearings and meetings standing up against the expansion. The issue (among others) is there was not a cost analysis nor environmental impact study done. There are unresolved issues and harmful concerns regarding water use and issues, high energy demand and cost, diesel generators in close proximity to a school and homes, and a vast number of other environmental concerns.

Affordable housing needs to be fixed and addressed on a number of levels. Government fees and costs needs addressed along with investments in housing infrastructure and streamlined processes to help curve housing costs.

The current Sheriff policy has kept this issue in balance. Continue to operate under 287(g) agreements. Frederick County has an agreement with ICE since 2008. Our overall Public safety needs to be important to our community. I support our local hard working law enforcement community.

Added programs can be added including recycling drives and awareness programs, We need more initiatives to conserve energy, maintain clean air, reduce waste and protect our water quality. Development of community outreach programs and responders to help as needed during any local disaster event.