I am a pro-business candidate. Stanton has attracted many good businesses to the city, but we have more to do. It has to be easier for businesses to come into the city and flourish. I believe that we must have better communication with our Chamber of Commerce and the Stanton business community at large. We are one of the few cities that currently has a balanced budget and to maintain our financial stability we need to attract new business to expand our tax base.

I will not raise taxes, but I will promote better communications between city government and business. Together we will make changes to make the city more attractive for new business to choose Stanton and enable our existing businesses to be more successful.

Seniors
My mother was in a wheelchair for the last 20 years of her life. I fully understand the challenges senior citizens and the disabled face. Stanton has a strong senior activities program and many seniors attend numerous activities each week. I support the senior program and welcome feedback from our seniors on new programs that could be established.

Fire and Police
The safety of our citizens is important to me. Our fire and police departments have my full support. Recently, the City Council approved the hiring of a second motorcycle policeman. I will work towards our police and fire departments having state-of-the-art equipment and the resources to safely do their job to best protect our citizens.

Communication is Key
I would like to have a business summit to open communications between city government and the business community to begin to move forward towards making Stanton more business friendly.