Vision for Lawrenceville

PREPARED TO SERVE THE CITIZENS
OF LAWRENCEVILLE AS YOUR
COUNCIL MEMBER…

Our Neighborhoods Need A Voice
I hear your concerns; I have the same concerns. Those concerns are not currently being heard by city hall. We cannot wait any longer. I will be your strong voice of advocacy for our neighborhoods.

Have you had your property appraised?
The market value of our homes are in a decline. Too many of our great neighbors are leaving. All of the funding news out of city hall is the construction of parks, corridors and a humongous police station. That may be okay if we did not need the money in our neighborhoods. We cannot wait any longer. I will be your strong voice for revitalizing and preserving our neighborhoods.

Funding of streets, curbs and infrastructure in our neighborhoods
I will be against funding of any new projects, regardless of the funding source, until the resurfacing of streets, installation and/or repair of curbs and infrastructure in our neighborhoods have been completed.

Public Safety and Quality of Life in our Neighborhoods
You will hear otherwise from City Hall, but there is not enough attention and funding from City Hall for adequate police patrol for purposes of safety to life and property, crime prevention and enforcement of city codes for a better quality of life. That will be my top priority.

An Advocate for better schools and superior Education
We should have fought hard to prevent the Gwinnett Board of Education from leaving our town. After all, Lawrenceville is the county seat of Gwinnett County. Now, we must fight hard to have the best schools where our students get superior education. We need a constant voice from City Hall to the Gwinnett Board of Education that we expect and demand excellence. Guess what, our town will become the preferred place to live and property values will increase. I will be that constant voice on the city council.

We need conservative, austere and prudent spending at City Hall
We are in very serious economic times. Any observer of the City Council will tell you that they are spending money like a “drunken sailor”. As a veteran of the United States Army, I apologize to drunken sailors for that comparison. Seriously, we have got to establish sound fiscal budgetary and financial policies. Once I heard that the council debated for an extraordinary amount of time on an agenda item that cost a small amount, relative to the next item, the annual budget. The council approved the city budget without discussion.