While I have been in office:

• No tax increases
• No power rate increases
• General fund balances have increased, are healthy and are reaching record highs
• Wells Fargo Building was completed
• Mountain Vista Business Park is accepting new tenants
• Provo Arts Center was completed
• Budgeted number of trained police officers were increased and the department has been fortified
• A Citizen's Academy for the Provo Police Department was created
• Equipment and vehicles for fire and police department have been upgraded
• Impact fees were created and increased to help pay for new development and growth
• Funding for designing and building three new parks(Sherwood Hills, Joaquin and Lakeview) and the for upgrading others
• A Slate Canyon study area was created to preserve and improve the Bi-Centennial Park and the surrounding neighborhoods
• New technology was approved for more efficiency at the library.
• A city-wide fiber to the home network, iProvo, was built out and has been offered to our citizens
• Splash pool at North Park was completed
• A regional convention center study was conducted and was approved
• Pride in Provo was created
• Provo Senior Games were created
• An airport tower was completed and staffed
• Airport traffic was rerouted to protect neighborhoods
• Neighborhood revitalization efforts have continued
• Downtown revitalization efforts have increased
• Parking permit programs have been created to protect neighborhoods

NOTE: While I don't take personal credit for the success of these items, many of them have been before the Council for approval and support and through our responsibility of oversight and budget appropriations I am happy to have been a part of the success we've experienced these past four years.

Empowers and Builds Strong Neighborhoods

• Supports the revitalization of all neighborhoods by creating "healthy neighborhoods"
• Promotes owner-occupancy where reasonable and necessary.
• I was the driving force behind the PIP program (Pride in Provo) which empowers neighbors to network and work together giving confidence to home owners to reinvest and build a stronger neighborhood. It connects people with solutions giving them hope for a brighter future.
• I have been effective working with neighbors who are helping other neighbors with enforcement issues.
• I also had the opportunity to help neighborhoods apply for Neighborhood Matching Grants that have helped them do some wonderful projects and acquire much needed resources.

I love the wisdom of Abraham Lincoln in his following statements:

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot help little men by tearing down big men.
You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
You cannot further brotherhood of man by encouraging class hatred.
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.
You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away men’s initiative and independence.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves

~Abraham Lincoln.