I try to speak plainly. I could say that I’m going to do a hundred things that you and I both know are not going to happen. Instead I’m just going to be blunt: I’m not going to get everything done, but I’ll spend my time on the basics that actually matter to us. Here is what I want to do as Supervisor:
Put criminals behind bars
It’s really simple: there are too many criminals committing too many crimes, and they really aren’t too afraid of getting caught or punished. I want to make sure the Sheriff has the money to hire more Deputy Sheriffs, train and get them on the street, and make sure criminals know that this is our community. We aren’t going to put up with drugs, murder, and property crime any more. They can move away or go to jail.
Clean up homeless camps.
The homeless camps all around our county are dangerous, dirty, open air drug and prostitution markets. I want to clean up the trash we see every day, but that’s not enough. We need to get people off the streets. I want to put up enough safe shelters so that no one has to sleep on the street, and so that we can obey the court decisions and prohibit camping. And I want to stop real problem: mental illness and drug addition, by opening more full time treatment centers.
Fix the potholes
How many potholes did you drive over today? I kept track the day I wrote this: I drove over at least ten, and a couple I’m pretty sure you could fish in. I’m sick of mess our roads are in and you probably are too. It’s really not that hard to fix the streets and keep them smooth, we just need to focus money and time on this really simple job. Here’s my pledge to you: I’ll be the worst enemy potholes ever had.
Keep taxes low
The cost of everything is going up. It’s getting tougher to buy food, or a house, or even gas for the car so you can get to work, take the kids to school or dad to the doctor. You deserve to keep more of your hard earned money whether you are working, a student or retired. I won’t raise your taxes. Period. What I will do is make sure county government actually spends the money we send them on the important things first, before even thinking about spending money on less important things.
Help us recover from COVID
Like you I can’t wait for COVID to end. Until that happens I’ll rely on proven, agreed upon medical science to help us get through it. What does that mean? It means making sure anyone who wants to get vaccinated can and making sure our seniors and people with health problems have food and other things they need while they stay home. It means making sure our first responders and medical professionals have the protection and training they need to keep safe. It also means helping get small businesses back on their feet by reducing or eliminating county fees and taxes on them so they can hire people safely again and get us back to work.