What I stand for:
Fast and Free City Bussing
In 2024, Flagstaff passed an increase to the sales tax that expanded the budget for our Mountain Line bus system in order to improve frequency and service to Flagstaff. This is a tremendous achievement, but we must build on this work by ensuring that the Mountain Line is affordable for all of those who live in Flagstaff. By eliminating fares on the Mountain Line, which makes up less than 10 percent of the mountain line’s revenue, we can ensure that public transit can and will be a viable transportation option for all people.
Accessible Healthcare
Decisive action is needed by our City government to ensure that healthcare access remains accessible. One possible solution is to expand the number of subsidiary medical locations in Flagstaff, and attract medical professionals to the city by offering down payment assistance to nurses moving into and purchasing homes in Flagstaff.
Affordable Housing for All
It’s no secret that Flagstaff has a housing crisis. For many, living in Flagstaff translates to: “Living in poverty with a view.” For too long this reality has been accepted as a feature of our community, and this cynicism must be combated at every avenue. Flagstaff, (in cooperation with other cities in Arizona,) must relentlessly lobby the state legislature to allow city governments to more aggressively regulate Airbnb’s within our city limits, in addition to effectively utilizing the funding already established for building both public and private housing in Flagstaff. In particular, we should expand the city owned housing stock in order to more effectively combat the lack of affordable housing options in the city; in addition, rezoning must be carried out to allow for high density housing in select parts of Flagstaff, and unnecessary red tape like parking minimums for private developers must be eliminated to bring real solutions to our housing shortage.
Climate Change
Climate Change is the greatest issue of our time, Flagstaff must do what it can to create a sustainable future for all who live here. To that end, we must prevent the construction of harmful AI data centers in our community that drain our water and energy for little economic gain. We must also invest in anti-flooding infrastructure, and fully fund our fire-fighting services to prevent the catastrophic destruction of our home. Furthermore, our goal of being carbon neutral by 2030 must be pursued in spite of the current city councils inaction and indifference on this issue.
See Other Issues:
Minimum Wage
— The minimum wage must be defended as it stands now, with automatic adjustments to the minimum wage being maintained based on the cost of living. This allows workers the ability to stay and live in Flagstaff and prevent labor shortages.
Small Businesses and Vendors
Small Businesses are the backbone of our economy and our community, and I believe we must make it as simple and inexpensive as possible for owners to start up and operate their own businesses. In particular, we can lower the cost of license fees for small time vendors and businesses, and expand accessibility to the entrepreneurial world.
Community Surveillance
I am against any kind of unnecessary or invasive surveillance of the community. The Flock cameras, for example were an unnecessary intrusion of privacy and I was glad to see their removal
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