Environment - Preserve and expand our green space around Lafayette. Some of this is our designated open spaces and parks, but the vast majority of the green we see around Lafayette is in our own yards and gardens. I’d like to work with local groups and individuals to expand and enrich this green space to try to build a hybrid community for the plants, animals, and humans that all call Lafayette home.
Development - We’ve been doing a lot of development recently in Lafayette, and while some of that growth is good, we’ve lost a lot of green space and wildlife habitat in the process. I would hope to make sure that any further growth is sustainable and balanced with the sort of community that we want to live in. I will be mindful of our local economy and all the livelihoods it supports, but I don’t want to sell the character of our city just to improve our bottom line.
Community - We have a wealth of experience here at home. In the short time I’ve been campaigning I’ve met plenty of people with plenty of opinions backed by solid experience and expertise. I would like to live in a community where home-grown knowledge is the centerpiece of our political success. One where we go to our local people first for any questions or projects and we utilize our local community to help us build a better city. People on the front lines are best informed about the problems they face, and usually best equipped to solve them.
Democracy - Democracy requires open and honest discussion about the problems we face, and every opinion and voice has to matter. City council and, probably more importantly, city government as a whole, need to be answerable to the people, and our priorities ought to be their priorities.