I am both very excited and wholly grateful that the Lakewood City Council voted unanimously on January 9th to put me into the role of Lakewoods’ Mayor Pro Tem for 2023! As Mayor Pro Tem, I  will continue to be here to represent and support our Ward 5 residents and their needs, but now with […]

Every Fall begins City Council’s work deciding on the next years spending priorities.  Its starts as conversations within the Budget and Audit Board, it then transitions over to the full body of Council for approval in late October.  As the Chair of the Budget and Audit Board, and as one of your Council members, I’m […]

Wow, what a whirlwind!  While I love our Lakewood community and have spent over half my life working hard to improve the world around me, I’ll be honest, having this job was not something that I had on my radar…until 2020.  I’ll be candid, my decision to run for this role was incredibly hard to […]

It’s time to clean out our closets to help our neighbors. Do you have something you could donate that someone could use if they were living in their car? This doesn’t have to cost a cent. Do you have a blanket in your house you no longer use? Or some of those hotel mini hygiene […]