I envision a city at work and a city that works. A city at work means good jobs with decent wages. Kessler s proposes to link job training and lifelong learning services with an aggressive small business development agenda. His vision includes development of small business incubators to help launch new businesses, along with a common-sense approach to relieving red tape to make investments in jobs and housing easier. Kessler will advance proposals for improving City Hall management and reorganizing city agencies to cut cost and improve service.
Taxpayers expect it and city employees want it.
I can provide the leadership at the top that can make it happen. He also cites opportunities to restructure city agencies, such as the water and public works departments as a way to inspire creativity, achieve cost-savings, and improve services for city residents. He also plans to target small business development efforts to emphasize bringing new entertainment, retail and professional services to the city s neighborhood commercial districts. If my years of public service say anything at all, it is that I am passionately devoted to delivering excellent and responsive city services. Kessler stands out in the current pack of announced candidates as the only one who is not a Democrat, and the only one who is not seeking any political party endorsement.