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• As a retired business executive and owner, I'm committed to being a FULL TIME MAYOR of Kettering all year.

• Use 40 years of private executive business skills to lead the Kettering City Council and the City.

• Provide real solutions, listen to concerns and be an advocate for all residents of Kettering.

• Support responsible local government policies and positions in Kettering.

• I WILL NOT support a property or income tax increase for Kettering residents who already are feeling large tax burdens. Instead,  I will make the decision to focus on critical City services and growing the tax base through business development.

• Protect our youth by expanding Kettering Police school resource officer program.

• Support policies protecting Kettering police officers.

• Support the implementation of a preemption system throughout Kettering giving emergency vehicles a green light by communicating with traffic signals, clearing traffic ahead of their arrival to improve safety and reduce response times.

• Ensure public safety and crime fighting are a top priority.

• Re-establish the Kettering Chamber of Commerce for the support of Kettering business.

• Keep Kettering jobs & small business by promoting opportunities of local programs such as the Wilmington Pike Plan and the Kettering Development Corporation.

• Provide economic incentives for small business retention and creation

• Build awareness and utilization of business loans for capital access for new and existing Kettering businesses..

• Push for city to implement a proactive and business-friendly approach in order to be best in class for the region.

• Create a Kettering business portal within the City in order to streamline processes for businesses to open fast and efficiently.

• Push a city culture focused on performance for resident “customers” and business.

• Create an anonymous City Hotline for residents to voice their concerns on crime, property, snow and leaf removal, trash, and more with a requirement to respond within one business day.

• Create Kettering citizen and business groups for feedback on City initiatives concerns and needs.

• I won’t make backroom decisions or hide. I’ll hold regular open forums and respond directly to citizen and business owners concerns. Kettering deserves a Mayor who listens, leads, and communicates clearly.

• Create expanded volunteer base and program "Property Angels" to assist seniors and others in home maintenance issues.

• Implement an aggressive enforcement of property maintenance throughout Kettering.

• Support nuisance abatements and criminal court actions to ensure properties are maintained to neighborhood standards.

• Hold landlords of rental properties accountable if their property is not to neighborhood standards.

• Develop City incentives for improving troubled properties to safeguard your property values.

• Address the rising homelessness issue in the City by connecting resources and tackling the “why.”

• Hold regular online and in person Townhall forums with Kettering citizens and business owners for input during convenient hours and days for them.

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