What I Stand For

• Planning policy that allows us to preserve our heritage and maintain our small town character. When I joined council in 2018, I quickly realized our Official Plan does not allow us to direct growth, it does not clearly lay out a plan for the future and makes us susceptible to provincial appeals. The Main Street Development Review Committee was my idea and I want to be at the Council table when the recommendations come to a vote.
• Transparency and accessibility of Council business. My first motion, after being elected, was to have council meetings recorded and live-streamed so residents could view the meetings in real time or later at their convenience. I promote robust public consultation, I post updates of meetings and am always available to listen to the concerns of residents.
• Responding to your concerns. I’ve championed: a nuisance bylaw for greenhouse lighting and cannabis odour, a resolution calling on E.L.K. and the Town of Essex to improve hydro service, improved data from Windsor Essex County Health Unit at the height of the pandemic, support for small businesses hard hit by covid restrictions, a new surface for a basketball court at Ridgeview Park, Lakeside Park as the preferred location for the splash pad, the use of the Carnegie library by the arts community.

What I do for Our Community

• Organized a Senior Expo, Children’s Clothing Swap, food box give-aways and more at the Kingsville Community Centre
• Lobbied the province for funding for a nurse practitioner lead clinic.
• June 27th Miracle Food Drives organizer for Kingsville, Cottam and Ruthven
• Created/Coordinated Santa Comes to Kingsville in December 2020
• Distributed thousands of scrub caps, masks and gowns to frontline workers during the pandemic, on behalf of several local sewists and recognized with a Federal Covid-19 Community Response certificate
• Volunteer coordinator for Kingsville Highland Games
• Collaborated to Save Leamington OB, working with a dedicated local group to ensure the continuation of the obstetrics unit at the Leamington hospital, now Erie Shores Health Care
• Past chair of the Essex County Health Coalition
• Kingsville Food Bank volunteer
• Charter member of the Rotary Club of Kingsville Southshore, (member of Scholarship Awards, Greenway Clean-up, Water Refill Station and Food Bank committees)
• Vice-Chair of the Kingsville District High School Parent Council
• Volunteer for Migration Festival, Open Streets, Cottam Rotary Horse Show, Fantasy of Lights, Ukraine Fundraiser, To Kingsville with Love turkey dinner, Fire Fest, Habitat for Humanity, Kingsville Folk Festival, Tall Ships Festival, Gleaners, Little Tomato Children’s Theatre
• Vice-chair of Greenhouse Policy Review Committee
• Served on the Main Street Development Review Committee
• Chair of the Kingsville Municipal Heritage Advisory Committee
• Board member of the Union Water Supply System
• Police Services Board member
• Service Above Self award recipient

The municipal election is Monday, Oct 24 by mail-in ballot. Visit this Voter Look-up website to ensure you are on the voter list, and will receive a ballot. You can mail your completed ballot or drop it off to the designated Town of Kingsville ballot collection locations.

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