"MY BOOKMARK"

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ELECTIVE OFFICE IS A JOB,
NOT A REWARD®

I’m prepared and ready to roll up my sleeves and run a city. I believe reliable judgment, based on skill and experience, leads to quality decision making. If we want Scottsdale to be better, then we must pay attention and start electing candidates who actually possess specific skills and experience for the job. I am determined to be elected and prove that what counts is what you know, not who you know.

Real Estate issues are critical to City planning. My 27 years in real estate management and 10 years in retail manufacturing have given me the skills
and experience to be part of the solution. I know Real Estate Management, Land Planning and Retail Development. I know what the development community knows and I understand and respect their business. Throughout
my career I’ve hired “experts” and negotiated with companies bigger than me. I know how to listen, how to negotiate and how to say NO.

Let’s consolidate what we have and make it work better. Let’s repair or replace old infrastructure before it breaks. Residential property rights are sacred, and if you work here, I’d like you to be able to live here. I will ask that more land be donated by builders for city facilities and require denser landscaped buffers to reduce street noise. I do not support cash subsidies into real estate. Voting is critical and I will seek a major effort by the city to increase registration. Thomas Jefferson said, “a nation can never be ignorant and free.” I am an advocate of carpooling, water conservation and measures to combat global warming and want to see Scottsdale be a national leader in these efforts because progressive cities attract technology employers and quality employees. Downtown Scottsdale and the Arts are treasures to be enhanced. I do not support the use of “eminent domain” except for public health or safety issues. The golf industry must not be taken for granted because they make Scottsdale a world-wide travel destination. Shopping centers and tenants are vital to our economy and our lifestyle and retail tenants will have my support in every way so that they may be successful.

I am limiting my business, just turned 60 and I’ve changed some lives and I’m ready to change my own. Public Service is a sacred trust, and I pledge to you, that my background will show not one blemish or misstep either personally or professionally. I’ve been self employed for 27 years specializing in shopping center Asset Management, and have 10 years of experience as a marketing executive in the china, crystal & silver industry while living in Boston, St. Louis and New Jersey. My judgment is based on proven skill and experience and I WILL MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON “MERIT”, NOT IDEOLOGY. I will stop running for office when elected. In other words, politics will not play a role in my decision making.