VOTE OCTOBER 7, 2025

I have been an enthusiastic supporter of the borough tax revenue cap throughout my years living in the borough and have continued that work on the assembly. I voted against holding the May 7th election to break the tax cap and was part of a voter education campaign to help borough voters defeat the measure. I worked actively to support and pass the renewal of the tax cap. I have helped with several code enforcement cases and have consistently voted to preserve the integrity of neighborhoods. I helped organize remembrance of Donna Gilbert at the borough building. I value our recreation facilities, and have worked to keep the cost of providing service to the community at a low cost.

I have supported government transparency and election integrity:  The online check book has brought greater transparency to borough finances. Legal notice is now provided to property owners directly impacted by easements or other borough actions in the form of a letter rather than a postcard. Presentations on plans are now throughout the borough rather than simply downtown. This has allowed greater access to information by borough residents. I facilitated the efforts to defeat mail in voting in the style of Anchorage elections, and  the effort to defeat the continuation of the expensive Dominion Voting Machine Contract.

I sponsored or supported legislation to protect the rights of property owners. Revisions to the appeal process now allows non-profits to go to the board of equalization before superior court to challenge their property tax assessments. Residents who had found themselves in an "illegal" subdivision and unable to do anything with their land now have a pathway to subdivide their land and sell sections or divide it among their children. I worked to expand the stock of affordable housing on the economic development commission, particularly around the university area, because housing costs are a big part of university attendance. I supported the Downtown Plan for the city of Fairbanks and objected to the attempts by some members of the assembly to impose Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion language and worked to exclude anti-resource development language after the city approved the plan.

To help local businesses, I worked on legislation on relaxing parking regulation in the borough. Starting first with employee parking, I sponsored an ordinance to restore parking regulations to the local road authority to allow small businesses to have employee parking to back out their parking spots onto low traffic streets.  I further worked with city businesses to relax parking regulations in the city of Fairbanks to accommodate the Downtown Plan. I have also worked to stop the construction of roundabouts in areas with a high volume of truck traffic to continue access to trucks where industry and recreation would be hindered by their construction.I worked on the controversial climate action plan and brought it into conformity with the powers of the borough aimed at reducing costs to borough building. I have supported resolutions on the natural gas line and any other measures to reduce the cost of energy to homes and businesses.