A TOWN COUNCIL CANDIDATE WHO LISTENS
KEEPING POLITICS LOCAL
The national anger and political division bleeding into local politics does not belong here. We are neighbors. The way we treat each other at the town level should reflect that, not mirror what we see on cable news.
What concerns me is not disagreement. Anyone who knows me will tell you I love a good discussion. What concerns me is when the town creates division where none needs to exist.
A hotel is being built on Main Street. The council allowed construction to consume a block and a half of parking during peak tourist season. Who was in that room representing the businesses, the residents, and the visitors who depend on that access?
We have a park receiving $1.5 million dollars in grant money. It is already successful and well used. The town surveyed residents, developed internal priorities, and is now trying to change something that is working. The result is a community fight that did not need to happen. There is plenty of money and enough space to meet every need. That is a management failure, not a hard problem.
Before covid, residents were surveyed about closing Main Street in the summer. Seventy five percent said one thing and the town did the opposite. That is not a values disagreement. That is not listening.
These are not isolated incidents. They reflect a pattern of turning manageable situations into unnecessary conflict.
KEY TOWN ISSUES
HOUSING • ECONOMICS • GROWTH
These are real issues and matter deeply. But these are not mysteries. The solutions are known and documented. We have $3.75 million a year coming in for housing, if we don’t block off Main Street parking, traffic might be a bit easier, and manageable growth comes with sound business and community partnership.
What Frisco Town Council requires is someone in the room who manages competing interests, limited resources, and real consequences for real people every day without the luxury of deferring the decision.
These are not easy problems for the people living them, but they are solvable problems for someone with the right experience. It is just knowing what the job requires.
COMMUNITY
I define locals as employees, residents and visitors because they are who impact and thrive in our community. That single belief shapes how I approach every issue facing Frisco. Not as competing interests to be managed, but as neighbors with a shared stake in the same town.