The 155 Podcast Interview
Key Answers from The 155 Podcast
Two city-wide priorities, and how to achieve them
- Reliable core services: urgent road repairs, more garbage collection, cleared sidewalks, clean streets, better park lighting, traffic calming and visible community policing.
- Affordability: stop constant property tax increases and unchecked spending; says City Hall has an “imagination problem.”
Two changes to improve City services
- Modernize request tracking: ticket numbers and direct status updates for potholes, bylaws, streetlights and overgrown sidewalks.
- Cut bureaucratic lag for simple residential permits and small-business set-ups, using modern technology and eliminating outdated regulations.
Two changes to improve quality of life in Hamilton
- Properly fix the roads with long-term repaving instead of repeated patches.
- Safe parks and real housing solutions: proactive policing paired with mental-health outreach, moving people from park encampments into supportive housing.
Two priorities for Ward 8
- Reliable core services: road maintenance on major arteries, street maintenance, gentle density with matching infrastructure.
- More transit and safety: a GO bus hub in Ward 8, and visible community policing such as “Tokyo-style” substations.
Three words for a four-year term (looking back from September 2030)
Responsive, accountable, visionary.
Campaign Materials Archive
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