The idea of “politician” was never designed to be a career. Nobody should be working in elected positions for decades or well past retirement age. Do your civic duty for a few years. Then return to your profession or vocation and hand the baton to the next person.

My parents’ families left communism to escape the 3rd world. It is beyond comprehension that the City of Richmond was reduced to feeling like a 3rd world country in 2025 because of the failures of leadership. Losing water for 3 minutes, 3 hours, much less 3 days should never happen. If our water systems are so bad they shut down for days at a time, what does our gas & electric systems look like? The loss of water is awful. Gas accidents are fatal. And do I even need to mention the pot holes?

The left routinely says that a kid’s zip code should not dictate his outcome in life while simultaneously preventing kids in the worst school districts from attending a great school right down the street. Let’s give parents control of their child’s education.

Unlike literally every politician in history, I do not promise to spend more money on our schools. Why not? Because I’m not convinced that money is the problem or the solution. The City of Richmond Public Schools outspends nearly every district in Virginia,but it routinely scores towards the very bottom. Those two facts indicate to me that the amount spent is not correlated with the output of scores. I want to have what might be the first honest conversation this city has ever had on the topic.

Our local officials seem to think taxes are the solution to every problem & often to things that are not problems at all. Reduction of taxes & regulations while increasing the recruitment of innovation will attract businesses & families to spend more money.

Improve morale in our law enforcement by actually caring for them! It’s not a shock when local leaders belittle police & empower criminals for years that nobody wants to do the job. That must end.