The City Already Picks Winners. Let’s Pick Woodstock’s People.
🎥 Watch: Mayoral Forum (an excerpt of about 45 minutes)
Thanks to everyone who showed up. If you watch one thing, watch this.
What I’m Fighting For
Attainable homes for our workforce.
Cops, firefighters, teachers, nurses, service workers, and young families should be able to live in the city they serve. That strengthens neighborhoods, schools, and small businesses.
Smarter growth that reduces traffic.
Sidewalks, safe crossings, bike links, and transit options so short trips do not require a car. Finish the missing connections, not just the glamorous projects.
Radical transparency.
Clear timelines and live dashboards so you can see where your money goes and what is actually getting built. Your voice before the vote, not after.
Where I Part Ways with Mayor Caldwell
He says it is all regional traffic.
I say our choices still matter: which streets we fix first, where we add housing people can actually buy, and whether we build alternatives to driving for every single errand.
He says the city should not help create attainable ownership.
That is simply not true. The city already shapes development every single day through zoning, density caps, impact fees, variances, parking rules, and land deals. The question is not whether the city intervenes. It is who we intervene for.
Our own Woodstock Housing Market Study proves it.
Nearly half of Woodstock households earn under $100,000, but the median new home price is over $500,000.
Homes under $300,000 are almost gone. Townhomes, once the “on-ramp” to homeownership, have become unaffordable too.
When people who work here cannot live here, traffic worsens, small businesses struggle to hire, and community ties fray.
The study recommends market-friendly tools that work without “big government” overreach:
Fee waivers, faster permits, and density bonuses for projects that meet workforce price points.
Grants or revolving loans through the development authority.
Revisiting the 20 percent multifamily cap and allowing missing-middle homes like duplexes, triplexes, and cottage courts that fit neighborhood character but cost less.
Land-bank and land-trust partnerships so teachers, firefighters, and nurses can actually buy here.
That is not a handout. It is smart planning, the same way we invest in roads and parks. It is how we make the market work for Woodstock, not just for investors.
He says we cannot be all things to all people.
I agree. So let’s be one essential thing for the people who keep Woodstock running, and make sure they can afford to live here.
He celebrates construction cones.
I celebrate results neighbors can feel: your kid can walk to the park safely, your commute takes 10 minutes less, your favorite barista can afford a starter condo here instead of driving 45 minutes.
My Promise as Your Mayor
The mayor does not run the city; council and staff do. But the mayor sets the spotlight. I will use that platform to expose the facts, pressure for solutions, and repeat until we get them. You will always know who benefits, who pays, and how to weigh in.
The city already picks winners.
I will pick the people who keep Woodstock safe, taught, fed, and cared for, not the ones cashing in on them.
Crank Up Democracy
Bring your questions. Better yet, bring your neighbors. Government works best when the people are loud, informed, and impossible to ignore.
