Sam Earl Thomas Gamble

Two city-wide priorities, and how to achieve them

• Safety: clean, safe parks and public spaces; proposes tiny homes on brownfield sites for the homeless (using local businesses and youth co-ops), exploring retrofit of the former Sir John A. Macdonald school, more auxiliary police officers, and faster repairs to low-income housing in disrepair.
• Infrastructure: timely repairs to roads, sidewalks and parks, department audits to find savings, and more oversight; more school-board partnerships for student co-op placements.

Two changes to improve City services

• More oversight of how tax dollars are spent.
• More consultation with residents, who he says feel City Hall isn’t listening.

Two changes to improve quality of life in Hamilton

• Control tax increases so they don’t exceed inflation (including police operating costs).
• Safe, clean, accessible public spaces, using tiny-home construction on brownfield sites and more auxiliary police.

Two priorities for Ward 10

• Safety: more auxiliary police officers and greater police presence; give law enforcement tools to keep parks and public spaces free of homeless camps.
• Infrastructure: prioritize construction projects with deliverables and timelines, more oversight and public consultation, and better roads and sidewalks.

Three words for a four-year term (looking back from September 2030)

Honest, passionate, competent.