What is your party affiliation?

• While running for our City Council is a non-partisan action, I am a lifelong Democrat, and you can readily find my contribution history on the FEC website. I work with all constituents in all aisles, both in my work and personal life, and especially when I am your elected representative. A multi-partisan approach is the path to effective governance.

How about local issues - King Soopers Marketplace, Redtail Ridge, Via Appia…?

• As a business oriented person, with a long career to inform my perspectives, I take a data-driven and economic oriented approach. That said, I deeply appreciate our shared history and love this town, having spent so many years of my life here. Balancing those elements along with hearing from my fellow residents will guide my action on the City Council. For King Soopers opening in the former Lowe’s, I am excited that the space will generate new economic benefits and options for us. I recall when Lowe’s and Home Depot opened, and Steinbaugh Ace Hardware was lost - this is a step forward, and we now have Coal Creek Ace (great store!). For Redtail, I was here for the StorageTek years and subsequent Sun Micro acquisiton, and support the Council decision to advance the plans. This keystone site, on a corner of the City, will be transformative, help retain Avista, and provide access for Monarch students. Another keystone site, the former McCaslin movie theatre, will also be transformative for that area when CU builds. The City must make bold moves in many ways to build for the future. Lastly, Via Appia re-striping - these changes, while being reversible, ideally rely on data for optimizing and decisioning. Over time the Council will best serve residents by revisiting the traffic management solutions.

What about sustainability?

• As someone who spent 10 years working at a biofuel and biomass to energy startup in Golden, which collaborated with nearby NREL, sustainability as an energy AND business concept has been a part of my life for many years - balance and compromise is a part of any solution that is going to have a successful implementation. I am fortunate to have a fully electric vehicle, solar panels, and a battery backup. Given that this is not available to many of our residents, implementing community solutions to expand sustainability is important, but must also be balanced with supporting our economic growth engines.

What are your primary platforms and why?

• Economic Vitality is a widely used term, and I view it as how we revitalize and restore our Downtown and Primary business corridors. With 500 homes being built in the Marshall Fire recovery, welcoming our returning and new residents will bring new energy into our ecosystem, which we can channel towards that growth. Finding the best solutions based on your inputs will be the key to our future. I am here to listen and implement - not my vision but yours. My business experience is in the toolkit for you to use in my role on City Council.

• Public Safety and continued fire recovery includes home hardening and other building code proposals arising in the future for the Council. Striking the balance will be critical as we perform our civic duty, as will dealing with the electric bicycles - I wish we had those when I was a kid…! I am not reactionary nor idealogical, rather how we solve these issues requires a data-driven approach that also looks to solutions implemented by other municipalities. We are not the first ones to face these issues, and “the second mouse gets the cheese” idiom comes to mind. Working closely with our First Responders on Public Safety is something close to my heart, as I have many friends in law enforcement at local, regional, and federal levels, and I work to stay informed and engaged.

• My 10 years of work with EFAA, my origins in the Redevelopment Company housing at Stuyvesant Town in Manhattan, and many more years in a rent-controlled apartment in the Bronx, frame my approach to Attainable Housing. When I moved to the OhOh, a single person locally employed could purchase their starter home. How we foster this opportunity as the town prospers is key to a strong foundation for the future.

How do you find time for all the things?

• It is one heckuva balancing act. My entire life has been finding new challenges and working incredibly hard, but we still take time to walk Remy downtown every morning and sit out back later to watch the hummingbirds and bees. One of my Joshisms is that you only get one ticket, so take all the rides - and in the About Me you can read about “giving back”, which has become a significant portion of my purpose as I near the final trimester of life. I hope to earn your vote and trust as we work to propel Louisville into a better future. Thank you for your support!