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Last year I stood before this body and argued against raising the tax rate. I was the only one who stepped forward and said that moving the rate out of fear of new state legislation—which ultimately failed to pass—was the wrong decision for the taxpayer. There was a real option last year not to push the rate as high as it went. This year, with a budget exceeding $570 million, I see no realistic path forward that does not once again force this body to raise the tax rate all th

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They’ve been saying the American Dream is dead. They’ve claimed my generation has lost hope. They’ve declared it no longer attainable. Let me tell you something: they’re dead wrong. The American Dream is alive and roaring in the heart of every man and woman willing to fight for it. You don’t need to start at the top. You start exactly where you are, with the God-given freedom this country still grants you. It’s not about where you begin, it’s about the fire in your soul an

There’s what is easy, and there’s what is right. On very few days do those two things align. This week at City Council, it would have been easy to sit quietly in the audience and let others handle the rezoning of the Windham tract just like the other city council candidates chose to do. It would have been easier to say nothing at all. But that’s not who I am, and it never will be. I’m not running to make everyone happy all the time. That’s not possible. I’m running to do what