Northwood deserves a strong, fresh voice at City Hall.

Thunder Bay is a great city. But great cities do not stay that way by accident.

They need people at City Hall who are willing to ask questions, understand the numbers, challenge decisions when they do not make sense and remember who is paying the bill.

For more than a decade, I talked about those issues on the radio through City Council Round Up. I read the reports. I followed the debates. I questioned spending. I gave credit when Council got something right and said so when I thought it got something wrong.

Now I want to bring that same approach to Thunder Bay City Council as the representative for Northwood.

I am running because I believe Northwood needs a councillor who is visible, accessible and prepared to do the work.

Someone who will answer the phone.

Someone who will follow up.

Someone who will know what is happening at City Hall and make sure residents know too.

Most importantly, someone who understands that the job is to represent the people who live here.

Why Northwood?

Northwood is one of Thunder Bay's most established neighbourhoods. It is also an area with real needs that cannot be addressed by simply talking about them every four years.

Roads, sidewalks, drainage, traffic, neighbourhood safety, parks, infrastructure and the condition of public spaces affect people every day.

These may not always be the biggest stories coming out of City Hall, but they matter when you live here.

I want Northwood's priorities brought directly to the Council table and followed through until residents get answers.

That means being present in the ward, communicating regularly and making it easier for residents to understand what the City is doing, what it is spending and when work is expected to happen.

A Strong Understanding

I have spent years following Thunder Bay City Council closely and did so from my home in Northwood.

City Council Round Up became an opportunity to take lengthy reports, debates and decisions and explain what they actually meant to the people paying for them.

Sometimes that meant questioning the logic behind a decision.

Sometimes it meant questioning the price.

Sometimes it simply meant asking the question many people listening at home were already asking.

Why?

That experience gave me a strong understanding of how municipal government works, but it also reinforced something more important.

City Hall works best when residents are paying attention and their elected representatives remember who they work for.

Learn more about the campaign and the vision

From Conversation to Action

More than three decades behind the microphone taught me the value of listening, asking difficult questions and having honest conversations. From covering major breaking news to spending countless Monday nights following City Council, my career in radio shaped how I see Thunder Bay, its challenges and the responsibility we all share for its future. My connection to Thunder Bay municipal politics did not begin with a campaign. It began behind a microphone, listening, asking que

Economic Growth Has to Be Part of Thunder Bay’s Plan

Thunder Bay needs economic growth. That may sound obvious, but I think we need to have a much more serious conversation about what growth means to the future of our city and, just as importantly, what role City Hall should play in making it happen. We spend a lot of time talking about the cost of municipal government. We should. Residents are feeling the impact of property taxes, inflation and the increasing cost of almost everything. At the same time, the City is facing sign

Fiscal Responsibility Means Making Choices

For more than a decade on City Council Round Up, I talked about how Thunder Bay spends your money. I supported investments when I thought they made sense, questioned them when the numbers didn't add up, and occasionally wondered out loud what Council was thinking. After watching years of budgets, capital plans and major project debates, my position really isn't complicated: City Hall has to do a better job distinguishing between what we need and what we want. Fiscal responsib

The $32 Million Question We Can't Ignore

There is a number everyone running for City Council should probably get familiar with. $30.6 million. Let's call it $32 million. That's approximately how much Thunder Bay is short every year when it comes to properly funding the renewal of the infrastructure we already own. Not new stuff. The stuff we already have. Roads. Bridges. Water systems. Sewers. Sidewalks. Buildings and the other infrastructure taxpayers have already paid to build and now expect the City to maintain.

My Vision for Northwood and Thunder Bay

I have spent a lot of years talking about City Hall. Sometimes I agreed with what Council was doing. Sometimes I didn't. And sometimes, after reading the reports and looking at the numbers, the only reasonable question was: Why? That hasn't changed. What has changed is that instead of talking about those decisions from behind a microphone, I am asking the people of Northwood for the opportunity to have a seat at the table when those decisions are made. So, what is my vision f

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