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2023 Election Ahead

July 31st, 2023

Election season is upon us. I am in the process of refreshing my material from 2019. I was the challenger then, and the incumbent now.

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When I campaigned in 2019, I believed our city needed a new focus to invest more on core infrastructure like water, sewer, and roads, and to improve the safety of our neighborhoods through increased connectivity with downtown.

In the next months, I look forward to meeting you, telling you how we've kept those promises, and asking you for your vote so that we can continue to accomplish these important goals.

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Some of what has been tangibly accomplished is below.
 

• Hudson roads went from a rating of 71 to 79 in the past four years. A 10% improvement overall and some of the highest road ratings in the state.

• Added 20 segments of sidewalks and multipurpose paths over a 5 year plan from 2022-2027. We are now designing the next step of that plan from 2027-2031 in order to complete a number of areas we could not fit into the first 20 segments.

• We are expanding city water to many areas of Hudson, one of which will be provided via a federal grant.

• Approval of two rail quiet zones.

• Acquiring part of the abandoned Norfolk Southern rail line south of downtown to Terex for rail-to-trail conversion.

• Expanding private fiber internet options - we will be using the Velocity backbone but expand fiber to residents via privately funded businesses rather than via city income taxes, which would have cost nearly $22 million and still not been available to all residents.

• Added school crossings to improve safety, and we are adding adaptive signaling to improve traffic flow.

• Accelerated police body-camera funding by years.

• I have worked with state and federal elected officials on both sides of the aisle to gain funding for Hudson. In a world where too many people will not reach across the aisle, I don't care which party provides the money as long as Hudson gets the benefit.

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I am proud to have heard people refer to me as the hardest working councilmember, though I know a number of people working very hard for the community as well. I am here to listen and represent your interests, not my own. I am asking for your vote on November 7th.