I am honored to receive an endorsement from The Salem Gazette. Noting in the article their reasons for choosing their endorsements summarizes my desire to serve as the next Ward 6 Councillor:
In this election cycle, we encourage Salem voters to take a hard look at the effectiveness and motivation of former and incumbent councilors running with histories of deploying delay tactics and/or voting “no” on the most important policies and orders without fail.
Councilors who constantly criticize and vote down policy ideas – yet neither offer reasonable compromises to get themselves or others to “yes,” nor put their own solutions forward, we believe, do not belong on the council.– Salem Gazette
From the housing crisis and climate change to taxes and traffic and parking, tackling these issues of the city requires creativity, compromise, expertise, collaboration and real leadership.
Read the full story here:
https://salem.wickedlocal.com/news/20191021/editorial-our-2019-salem-city-council-endorsements