Four years ago, I asked for your trust and your vote to represent you on the County Commission. I shared the values that drove me to serve, the values instilled in me by my parents. My dad, a 20-year military veteran who faced crushing medical debt, and my mom, an occupational therapist who spent her career caring for the most vulnerable patients in Medicaid nursing facilities in Jacksonville. They are both resting now at the Tallahassee National Cemetery, right here in District 5. I bring their lessons to this work every day. Do the right thing, especially when it's hard or when nobody is watching, because once you lose your integrity, it is very hard to get it back. In 2022, you had to rely on my word. Today, you get to go on what we've actually done.

Over the past three years, we've fought together for real progress. We secured $500,000 annually in affordable rental housing for the low and very-low-income families who need it most, the more than 10,000 families who can't find a place they can afford to live. Together we stopped a massive urban sprawl expansion on our canopy roads. Because growth needs to benefit our community, not just developers. And when the stalled Washington Square project left our downtown sidewalks and streets in an unsafe, decaying state, I led the charge to force the developer to restore our public rights-of-way. Because nobody gets to ruin our public spaces and just walk away.

I left a CPA career to do this work full-time, but I didn't leave the mindset. I’m still an accountant, I read the fine print. I sweat the details, because they are never just details to the people they affect. When budgets are passed, ordinances updated and policies changed, that is when it matters most to have someone at the table looking out for you. 

This is a longstanding fight for our community that I can’t win without your support. When you speak up with me to get affordable housing, to stop sprawling development, and to stand for the values of our community – we change the system to serve the people. 

We still have real work ahead – on housing, on fiscal accountability, on making sure everyone has a seat at the table. I will always tell you the truth, and I will keep fighting to put people first — every decision, every day. I'm asking you to send me back so that together, we can keep putting people first.