I promise to use common sense and not blindly follow an agenda. I promise to do everything I can to promote education, schools, and teachers. This is a major passion of mine. My brother has been a teacher for decades, I married a teacher, my father was a teacher for a short period and I am a constant presence and volunteer at my daughter’s school. I promise to do everything I can to keep those farms and back roads I love to drive through from being overly built out and filled with cookie cutter developments. I promise to do everything I can to fund and build up the vital services of our community such as the first responders, public safety officers, and libraries, bus services, etc. to try and ensure everyone is safe, has a place to go and a way to get there.  Sometimes we’re going to disagree on taxes or maybe we are going to disagree on medical decisions; I absolutely acknowledge and expect and RESPECT that. I’m asking for your vote on behalf of the things I hope we agree on – education is important, preserving our community is important, and vital services are important.