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Dear Friends,
I am running for the open seat for Alderman-at-Large from Ward 5. All of Newton can vote in this election, and I ask for your vote on November 3.
I have both broad community and useful professional experience, plus new energy, commitment and an enthusiasm for problem solving that Newton needs to address the important and challenging issues facing our City.
My husband and I and our two children have reaped many advantages of Newton’s exceptional public schools, diversity and quality of life. I wish to work to help sustain and build upon these qualities and to pass on to you and future generations what we have been so fortunate to have for ourselves.
I have spent 24 years doing community work and advocating for community preservation, environmental protection, more thoughtful city planning, and more open and accountable government in Newton. I seek to serve on the Board of Aldermen, where I can help develop policies that can lead Newton into a future that reflects our values as a culturally diverse community, and is environmentally and economically sustainable.
Today our City faces serious fiscal, environmental and social challenges. Costs of city and school services increasingly exceed available revenues. The failure to invest in regular maintenance of our public buildings and grounds over too many years, now requires urgent correction - at a time when resources are constrained. I want to serve as your alderman to see that we address our fiscal challenges by being better caretakers of our city, living responsibly within our means and investing in our future. As leaders, we must forge a carefully prioritized capital plan that will serve present and future needs, undertake and continually evaluate facilities maintenance programs to take better care of our city, and make strategic investments that will strengthen our community and prepare for a quality of living that we want and are willing to sustain.
I am confident that my community work, leadership and professional experience as an architect will prepare me to make a meaningful contribution to such necessary change.
You can count on me to listen to your concerns, do my homework – and act with integrity to serve our community. I look forward to collaborating with a new administration, renewed Board of Aldermen and School Committee to tackle this work.
Please explore my website to get to know me a little better, contact me if you have a question, comment or want to share what you feel are the most important issues facing Newton.