No corporate checks please. Our ability to attract businesses and employees, our convention industry and our property values are dependent upon quality of life issues like clean air and water, public trees and landscaping, clean, safe, well-maintained streets, and parks and green spaces.
Beautification is serious business.
For reasons of health, scenic beauty, economic development and civic pride, me must commit ourselves to this issue. Street repairs and improvements are necessary, but they should be performed as part of a consistent, coordinated transportation and maintenance system. Contractors should be given incentives to complete their work ahead of schedule. Projects should be staggered to prevent traffic congestion. Fiscal decisions should be made with the fundamental understanding that city funds are public funds, and City Hall must be judicious with its expenditures.