KEEP the Valley Green!

 Here are five ways I'd like to do it.

1) Model Servant Leadership. The best leaders are short-term servants, not lifetime professional politicians. They are accessible to all, attentive to all, and in the back pocket of none. That will be me.

2) Keep People Safe. Burgeoning gangs, frequent murders, and increased drug trafficking are unacceptable. Working closely with law enforcement, churches, and other citizen groups, we can control them.

3) Oversee Responsible Development. My campaign motto is "Keep the Valley Green." That's possible if we safeguard its extraordinary beauty by pegging growth to available resources. Accordingly, I oppose more or bigger casinos, which strain the environment, hurt the poor, and encourage crime.

4) Protect Property Rights. These days, it's all the rage to increase tax revenues by using eminent domain to steal people's private property and hand it over to big business. Not on my watch.

5) Develop Infrastructure. Better roads, new roads, more water . . . it's just what City Councilmen should do.