My First 100 Days – Here is Exactly What We are Going to Do

No learning curve. No settling in. No excuses.

We are going to tackle the three issues hurting our communities most: housing affordability and infrastructure, our public schools, and fiscal responsibility in county government. And I’m not just talking about goals. I already have plans.

Housing affordability has been a problem in our District for decades. For decades, this problem has gone unsolved. My approach will be specific, starting with one simple principle: community first.

Next, infrastructure. The North County moratorium didn’t happen by accident. For decades, our water, sewer, and road systems were never meaningfully upgraded to keep pace with growth. So when I take office, we will order a comprehensive infrastructure capacity review, determining exactly how much we can build, and where.

Here’s what’s exciting: I’m already lining up the experts who actually designed our infrastructure in the 1980s. They’ll tell you themselves: the system hasn’t changed much in 40 years. These are real experts with real-world practical experience. They understand exactly what it means when you add a 300-unit apartment complex: 300 new cars on the road, 300 new households on the water and sewer system. Strong infrastructure also means a healthier Bay. Less runoff into the Severn and the South River. Cleaner water for the community that brought us here in the first place.

Once the review is complete, we start allocating funds and getting to work.

You’re probably asking: where does the money come from?

Keep reading.

I will launch a pilot school audit. Let me be clear about what that means: the purpose is to follow every dollar, find out where it goes, and find out whether it’s actually helping students. This is about respecting our investment in public schools, not cutting it.

We’ll review procurement contracts to make sure we’re getting fair prices. We’ll make sure grants are used on time and used wisely, because “use it or lose it” spending is a real and costly problem. I already wrote about the county spending an entire grant on one overpriced bus instead of the four buses it was meant to buy. That’s exactly the kind of waste we will stop, so we can put real dollars back into our classrooms, our teachers, and our kids.

When the audit comes back, and I’m confident it will identify real savings, we create a corrective action plan and replicate the process in every school. Those recovered dollars go directly to teachers, classrooms, and kids.

And for our kids: this is the one I’m most excited about. We will launch a pilot organic school lunch program at one school. Parents who want to enroll their kids will have the option. We already have organic food suppliers ready to do it at the same price, or even a discount, to help us prove it’s possible. If it works over 6 to 12 months, we expand it. School boards used to make decisions with parents at the table. We’re bringing that back.

Yes, everything I’ve described costs money. But here’s the truth no one wants to say out loud: we’re already spending the money. We’re just spending it badly.

When we start treating every tax dollar like it’s our own, when we audit contracts, catch waste, use grants properly, and hold vendors accountable, we free up real resources. That’s how we fund infrastructure upgrades. That’s how we invest in our public schools. That’s how we solve the problems that have been “too expensive” to fix for 40 years.

Fiscal accountability isn’t just a budget problem. It’s the root cause of almost every issue we’re facing. Not enough resources for our police and first responders. Not enough investment in our teachers and classrooms. Infrastructure that hasn’t been touched in decades. A housing crisis with no end in sight.

When we fix how we spend, we fix a lot else too.

My first 100 days will also be about restoring something we’ve lost: trust.

And trust requires transparency. That’s why I’m asking every resident in District 6 to download RealVote, a civic app I built specifically for this purpose. I built it now, before I’m even in office, because I meant it when I said we start on Day One. It cost taxpayers zero dollars. Not a penny of public money. It’s my commitment to the people who hired me to be their representative, a tool built on a simple principle: government should answer to the people it serves.

Through RealVote, you’ll know exactly what bills and proposals are coming before the Council. You’ll see what’s happening in your neighborhood, your community, and your county, in real time, before decisions are made. And here’s my commitment: before I cast my vote on the Council, I will seek yours.

That’s not a talking point. That’s a new standard for representation.

A quick note: RealVote is live and available for download today. The app is currently in its final testing phase, and some polls are for demonstration purposes only. By the time I take office, it will be 100% operational and ready to serve every resident of District 6.

Download RealVote today at www.realvote.app, or search for it in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.

People have sometimes forgotten what the County Council actually is. It’s not about power. It’s about service. It’s a job, hired by the people, for the people. And like any job, it comes with accountability.

I made a promise to this community, and I intend to keep it. If I fail to deliver meaningful progress, I expect the people of District 6 to hold me publicly accountable.

That’s not a threat or a gimmick. That’s the standard I’m setting for myself, because that’s the standard you deserve.

Day One. Let’s go.