Learn more about municipal leadership strategies.
Policy
The strategies I employ for setting policy that enhances the lives of the people I represent – my friends, family, and neighbors.
Finances
Municipal finances can be a little tricky to navigate. My goal is to demystify them, and provide a guide that people can use to understand how their collective money works to improve the collective life experience.
Communication
This isn’t listed last, it’s listed at the bottom – the foundation. Elected officials have the impossible job of acting on behalf of the better good. The only way we can do that is through open communications – LISTEN to the people we represent, EXPLAIN what we are doing to meet the needs and desires of the community, and LISTEN AGAIN to understand how well we are accomplishing our collective goals.
Let’s explore together.
Where do your property taxes go, if not just to the city?
Many people are surprised at how little of their property taxes go to the city. It’s only a little over 1/5 that actually go to all of the services provided in the city. In Castroville, right at 1/2 of the property taxes go to the School District (we should all be happy to invest in…
Where does the city get money?
City finances can be quite confusing at first, but we can simplify them – both by explaining how they work and by constructing a budget that separates expenses into easily understandable chunks. NOTE: We’ll discuss revenues in detail in this post and look at expenses in separate posts. We have two major categories of revenue…
Life in Castroville 