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ROCHESTER CITY COUNCIL (CONTINUED)
Q: Why are you running for city council and how does your experience qualify you for the position? A: My dedication to our community and to my citizenship, along with a successful career in the complex field of technology helps qualify me. I bring creative problem-solving skills to address the issues young families are facing, and I have the energy and the empathy to successfully represent our growing seniors and their unique demands on the city. As current representative for Ward 1, it has been an honor to work on behalf of business and citizens to shape the direction of our community. Q: What are your top two priorities or issues as a candidate for city council? A: 1. I will work to make our city responsive: In those times that you have
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important City Business. I will CONNECT you to our staff and advocate to get you a fair hearing, and 2. I will work for an efficient local government: I will provide operational oversight focusing on City Services where requests for service are tracked and outcomes are measured. The sources and uses of public resources will be openly shared and public input in a part of the process. Q: As the city of Rochester continues to grow and develop, how do you envision Rochester ten years from now? How can the city council support that vision? A: Rochester will have a healthy mix of urban, suburban, and country housing options with neighborhoods being the building blocks that make up our future city. Our economy will be Health Care based, and it will also have more economic diversity with growth in complementary medical services companies along with new industries taking advantage of available resources like the IBM complex in NW Rochester. Our new East / West LINK rapid transit will make public transportation more dependable / usable to the point that urban traffic is less congested . Last mile transit companies thrive with new users, and new processes that address the messiness of scooters in our right-of-way.
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October 2022
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