Currently holds the office of Westland City Council until December 31, 2027.
Candidate for Westland City Council in 2023 Michigan General Election.
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Get StartedADOPT AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY RESOLUTION: I am working to have the Westland City Council adopt an Indigenous People's Day Resolution to honor the Native and Indigenous Americans of Westland past and present. Westland should honor their culture and heritage. As well, we should acknowledge the horrific crimes and violent acts of oppression that were committed against the Native and Indigenous Americans who first called the Westland and Michigan area home before settlers came to the area. Learn more
Criminal justice and policing can't just be about arresting and incarcerating people. Learn more
PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL COURSES: We can form partnerships between our public safety department and local health officials to offer interactive, instructional and informational courses to the general public and families who are dealing with a drug-addicted individual. The city can offer quarterly sessions to inform people on how best to prevent the problem from spreading and to better deal with those who currently have an addiction problem. Learn more
DEMAND RESOURCES FROM STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS: City leadership must partner with our representatives in Lansing, as well as public health officials throughout the state, to provide our public safety officials the resources they need to deal with the crisis. This goes beyond providing free, life-saving drugs like Narcan. Learn more
MILLAGE/TAX RATES: The millage rates we are taxed at directly impact the quality of city services provided to us as residents. We need to make sure that our tax dollars are being used in a fiscally responsible manner on the right programs and services. The millage/tax rate needs to be in-line with our current and future priorities so we aren't forced to make deep, harmful cuts to our public safety and other vital city services. Learn more
As a City Council member, the safety of you, your family, and the residents across this community will be a top priority of mine! Public safety means giving those who keep us safe the tools and resources they need. Learn more
END THE STIGMA AROUND DRUG USE: A drug addicted person does not make them a bad person. We need to ensure that as a city our leaders and our law enforcement are treating opioid users and other addicts as individuals with health problems, not criminals to be locked away in jail. Addiction is a chronic disease that should be treated as a public health problem, not a criminal one. Learn more
ENACT A GOOD SAMARITAN ORDINANCE: Good Samaritan laws provide immunity from prosecution related to drug possession charges for overdose victims and those who call for help. These laws are designed to encourage users and bystanders to contact the authorities in the event of a potential overdose. We can work with our law enforcement officials in Westland to ensure that they can best assist family members, friends, and people in the community who are dealing with someone with a drug addiction problem and ensure that they aren't afraid to come forward and get that person help. Learn more
The City of Westland must be compassionate and responsive when it comes to addressing the growing Opioid Crisis that is hurting people and families across this country. City Council has a role to play in acknowledging the problem and working with our public safety and health officials, as well as neighboring communities, to tackle this epidemic. Learn more
BUILDING A DOWNTOWN: I support the concept of building a downtown type of area in Westland as I believe we can use it as a launching point to attract more unique shopping and dining experiences. The downtown area can also be a mixed-use development with residential living in addition to the commercial and retail space. A downtown can also make our cities economy more regionally attractive to residents of other communities. Learn more
Recently, the city put out its ''City Centre'' proposal for the mall property and the Wayne/Warren road areas. While I think this initial assessment and planning was a great start, we need to develop plans in the event that the mall were to close, like so many area malls have. Diversifying our economy means getting ahead of the mall situation before it ends up a shuttered, vacant property like Livonia has with Livonia Mall and Waterford has with Summit Place Mall. Learn more
A diversified local economy is vital to maintain a vibrant city where residents want to continue to live in and move to. Given the recent downturn for big-box retailers and chain restaurants, we must work with local business partners and our Economic Development Team to being to diversify our local economic base. Learn more
As a college student, I watched from sidelines as millionaires and billionaires who wrecked our economy got bailed out while hard-working people like my mother and father were left out in the cold. Watching the greed and abuse of the corporate executives who received golden parachutes while my parents were forced to go back to work during their golden years made me realize that the system isn’t working for the little guy. Learn more
Building a downtown area: I support the concept of building a downtown type of area in Westland as I believe we can use it as a launching point to attract more unique shopping and dining experiences. The downtown area can also be a mixed-use development with residential living in addition to the commercial and retail space. A downtown can also make our cities economy more regionally attractive to residents of other communities. Learn more
One of the ways in which we can expand these programs are by partnering with our Police and Fire Departments to offer Jr. Police and Jr. Fire Academy programs during the spring and summer for Wayne-Westland students looking to get into a career in public safety. Learn more
We can also launch a city-wide educational program, just as we have done for public safety matters, to work with residents and help them better understand the crisis climate change poses to us all and how we can work together to better reduce our plastic consumption. Just as we have the ''Stand by Your Pan'' campaign to reduce house fires, we can have similar initiatives centered around plastic reduction. Learn more
We must demand that DTE do more to make our electric grid more reliable and secure so that the power doesn't go out every time it storms or we have a little bit of wind. We must ensure that DTE is making more upgrades to our power grid and infrastructure by trimming more trees each year, changing out transformers before they blow, and burying power lines when possible. Learn more
Communities all across our state and our country are faced with challenges when it comes to their trash and recycling programs given the changes in our current economic climate. As a City Council Member I want to ensure that Westland is able to maintain its city-wide, award-winning curbside recycling program. Learn more
MISSION GREEN AND COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE: Westland has a great, local environmental program called Mission Green. Building off of the progress of our Mission Green program we can do more as a city to reduce our carbon footprint, reduce our plastic consumption, combat the serious threat of man-made climate change, and protect our environment. Learn more
REDUCING OUR PLASTIC CONSUMPTION: Plastics and the carbons they are made of are a severe harm to our environment, pollute the air and land, and contribute directly to man-made climate change. We can follow the lead of cities like Ann Arbor and set a goal to reduce our carbon-based plastic consumption both at city buildings and events, and as residents as well. The city itself can being to find creative ways to use less plastic materials and products on a day-to-day basis. Learn more
Start utilizing permeable concrete on road construction projects: Adding green infrastructure means building our roads, curbs, and sidewalks out of porous, permeable pavement so water can flow through the concrete. It means utilizing nature through new, natural landscaping designs and putting more gardens and micro gardens (biowales) in order to help trap and stop storm water runoff. Plants and vegetation with larger root systems can help trap and stop more water, so we should be planting more gardens and micro gardens as a means to help. Learn more
Bioswales: Installing bioswales in portions of neighborhoods that flood the most. Bioswales are a type of green infrastructure and they can be used to manage stormwater in neighborhoods. Bioswales are vegetated channels that are designed to allow stormwater to soak into the soil. They are typically planted with native plants that have deep root systems and that are excellent at guiding water off the street and down into the ground. Bioswale designs can vary in shape and size, but they all serve the same purpose: to collect, slow, infiltrate, and filter stormwater. Learn more
Develop a comprehensive plan to combat climate change and have a net-zero carbon goal by 2040: Learn more
Invest in renewable, sustainable green energy projects to combat climate change: Learn more
PROTECT THEIR HEALTHCARE AND RETIREMENT: Public safety officials like Police Officers, Fire Fighters, and Paramedics have one of the most dangerous jobs imaginable. They have already had to make sacrifices as apart of their daily work. We should ensure that they have secure pension plans to retire on and high quality healthcare benefits. While we must control our cities legacy costs, Police and Fire officials retirement should not continue to bare the burden of cuts and restructuring. Learn more
Protect the healthcare and retirement benefits of our first responders: Learn more
Support the mental healthcare of our first responders Learn more
Support people's mental healthcare needs Learn more
The number one provider for mental healthcare in America is often the County and State prison system. That is wrong. I Learn more
Expand access to mental healthcare in Westland by hiring two additional Social Workers and partnering with a non-profit organization to offer free or reduced-cost counseling and therapy services: Learn more
Approve housing developments that are affordable for working-class families: Learn more
Continue to support our CDBG, HOME, and Housing Voucher programs: Learn more
AFFORDABLE HOUSING: Westland is an economically diverse community with different economic needs than some of our neighboring communities like Canton and Livonia. The median household income in Westland is $44,641. Through partnerships with our Planning Commission, Economic Development Team, and others we should promote affordable housing developments as a part of our cities future development initiatives. Learn more
We must also continue to invest in affordable housing programs through our city's Community Development Block Grant Learn more
Bioswales: Installing biowales in portions of neighborhoods that flood the most. Bioswales are a type of green infrastructure and they can be used to manage stormwater in neighborhoods. Bioswales are vegetated channels that are designed to allow stormwater to soak into the soil. They are typically planted with native plants that have deep root systems and that are excellent at guiding water off the street and down into the ground. Bioswale designs can vary in shape and size, but they all serve the same purpose: to collect, slow, infiltrate, and filter stormwater. Learn more
Address flooding issues by investing in green infrastructure: Learn more
We have made great progress and improvements when it comes to repairing our crumbling roads and replacing our aging infrastructure, including water lines. I want to make sure that we are in a position financially to maintain the upkeep and upgrades of our roads and infrastructure. Learn more
Cuts to revenue sharing mean harmful layoffs to our Police, Fire, and EMS workforce. These cuts mean reducing city services and closing down recreational facilities. They mean less resources to repair our roads and infrastructure with. Learn more
ATTRACT UNIQUE SHOPPING & DINING EXPERIENCES: Big-Box stores and chain restaurants are everywhere. We need to build a local economic infrastructure that allows for a greater number of small businesses to open their doors in Westland, providing residents with more unique shopping and dining experiences. When you look at communities like Dearborn, Livonia, and Plymouth, they have hundreds of unique shops and restaurants that you won't find anywhere else. We need those types of small businesses here in Westland to make our city a destination where people want to spend their money at. Learn more
Attract unique shopping and dining experiences: Big-Box stores and chain restaurants are everywhere. We need to build a local economic infrastructure that allows for a greater number of small businesses to open their doors in Westland, providing residents with more unique shopping and dining experiences. When you look at communities like Dearborn, Livonia, and Plymouth, they have hundreds of unique shops and restaurants that you won't find anywhere else. We need those types of small businesses here in Westland to make our city a destination where people want to spend their money at. Learn more
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