My commitment to you is not that certain things will happen; only that I promise to work very hard for you. I will push for, and try to make Cambridge a better place for every single resident and the community as a whole; to make progress toward a brighter, and more importantly, a secure and safer future.

It is my belief that everyone in Cambridge should have the opportunity to live in a safe neighborhood with clean streets and a comfortable environment.

How can we achieve this? It takes a multi-pronged approach, starting with attitudes, responsibilities, and accountability, and maybe this is enhanced through incentives and guidelines.

      ● Property values are based on the whole city, not individual neighborhoods. Increasing values will bring a more desirable environment for home sales, tourism, and new business investment. Increasing the tax base reduces the tax burden on individual homeowners and small business. But it can’t be in isolated areas, we need to lift everyone in every neighborhood. 

       ● This can start with homeowners and landlords incentivized to protect the value of their investment while being accountable to their neighbors and tenants by doing regular maintenance and keeping properties maintained, clean, attractive, and safe. 

       ● As Mayor, I would seek grant money, assistance partnerships, and matching funds for painting, repairs, beautification, community spaces, and any other opportunities to protect and raise the value of property in our community.

Rescue Fire Company serves every single neighborhood in Cambridge with equal dedication to keeping every resident as safe as possible at the worst moments of their life. On Saturday, August 14, 2021, Rescue Fire Company will host the 41st Annual Seafood Feast-I-Val at Sailwinds Park. Each year this family event gets better, features a kids’ booth, a car show, music, and arts & crafts, and the best food anywhere, and the money supports the people of Cambridge directly and helps fund the all-volunteer Rescue Fire Company. A Taste of Cambridge is another effort to bring our people and businesses together as one community. The Iron Man competition has brought outside interest and revenue and a diverse group of athletes and volunteers together, even with people from other countries now looking forward to coming to Cambridge each year. Countless volunteers work tirelessly to make life better for our children, disabled, elderly, sick, unemployed, and underemployed, families, and people at risk.

We are a community with heart. We need to be reminded, and remember, and celebrate that heart.

As Mayor of the City of Cambridge, it would be my pledge to try to unite us, our groups, and special interests, to bring us back together as one community with common goals, decided by the community. One individual or group should not be telling another what is best for them. Let each person and group speak for themselves and work toward consensus in open, public forums.