I promise to continue to bring my background and experience as an analyst, helping leaders make mission critical decisions, to this position — to make decisions based on facts, not politics. I’ve done exactly that and some of what I’ve found is deeply alarming… 

One of the more critical findings has been the redirecting of new housing property tax into residential TIF agreements to pay developer infrastructure costs.  In some cases after payoff, what amounts to millions of dollars will be locked away for years or diverted from our schools for the next decade. Those redirected school funds will never be restored to the schools.Once that revenue is gone, it’s gone.

To assume new residents will offset this with income tax is short sighted—especially since what we collect only applies to income above other cities’ rates.

This isn’t sustainable. It’s risky.

If we don’t change course now, our city will be burdened for years with financial commitments that benefit developers first — not the people who live here. We need accountability, transparency, and leadership willing to say “enough” before it’s too late.