As a victim of crime, I want our police to have all the manpower and resources necessary to protect our neighborhood from rising property and violent crime. With spiraling inflation and family budgets stressed, this is no time to raise taxes of any kind. As a business-woman, I will keep a sharp pencil out to keep our city government living within its means and justify every penny of taxpayers' dollars spent. Solutions to homelessness must include housing, drug and other medical treatment to promote reentry to society, while keeping our city safe.

My husband and I have raised four children together, with a united goal to provide them with a safe community that one day they will inherit and allow them the same opportunities that we have enjoyed.

I respectfully ask for your vote.