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Background:
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I am a long-time resident of Park Hills where I raised my 5 children. Many of my children and all my grandchildren still live in our beautiful city. I was a municipal securities lawyer and public finance advisor prior to retirement. I became involved with public service through my work in Trolley Park. I have worked hard for over 25 years to make our park green, sustainable, safe and welcoming. It is an ongoing effort that is rewarded every day by the smiles of the children and visitors.
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Why did you decide to run for public office?
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I ran for city council in 2010 when our city found itself in financial distress. I have focused on successfully restoring financial health to our city while lowering our taxes and eliminating our city sticker fee. I also sought to establish public reporting and transparency for our city. We now post all our financials, our audits, our minutes, and our council meetings (both streamed live and video) on our website. Also, our city calendar is on the website, all elected officials have emails there and all committee meetings are open to the public.
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​​What are the most critical issues facing your constituents or community?
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Our city must maintain financial health so we can meet our obligations to our residents without raising taxes. We are a small city with a small business district and must carefully control our expenses. We must always live within our means, but we also must maintain our roads, keep our excellent police and fire departments, expand our walkability, maintain our parks, our community garden, and expand our historic streetlights for safety. This can be accomplished with good financial planning.
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​​What leadership qualities would you bring to the council?
My skills in finance and law are useful in evaluating issues facing the city. I like to listen, research, and think hard about a matter before making a decision. I am not a go along, get along person. I will do what is best for our residents and our city in the long run. Sometimes that is a popular thing and sometimes not. I think it’s important to be there for our residents when they have issues, to listen and work hard to be of help.
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​​Do you have any further comments or anything you’d like to emphasize?
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I love our city. I love serving it, working in our park, and making our city the best it can be. I am committed to keeping our city green, beautiful, safe, and preserving its special historic character. Park Hills is my forever home.​
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Vision:
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My hope and vision for our city is straight forward. I want us to have the fiscal solidity to meet our obligations to the residents while minimizing their tax burden. Those obligations include maintaining our roads, supporting our police and fire departments, and maintaining our parks. Since I have served on council we have reduced our real estate taxes, reduced our Road Tax once, eliminated our city sticker fee, reduced our business tax, and through prudent management of expenses brought Park Hills to its point of greatest prosperity. A second reduction of the Road Tax is on the ballot.
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I also seek to preserve the natural and architectural beauty of our city and its unique character. I have volunteered for many years to beautify our public spaces and parks. I hope to include a park on the south side of Dixie Highway and am working on acquiring a good location. I also hope to expand the walkability of our city which promotes good health and community interaction. Further, I would like to see our section of Dixie Highway enjoy renewed vibrancy with the addition of more business, especially a restaurant. Finally, I would like to see our Park Hills Centennial (2027) celebrated with special events. I have always felt most fortunate to live here and firmly believe in serving our fine city to keep it – to quote our founder D. Collins Lee – “the beautiful city on the hilltops”.
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