In the 2024 election, this blog was one of the signature elements of my campaign. It gave me a forum where I could communicate my ideas at greater length—and in a more nuanced way—than I am usually able to do at Commission meetings, in my printed campaign materials, or in my brief, face-to-face conversations with residents. Often during that 2024 campaign, a resident would mention to me that they had read something that I’d posted on the blog. Whenever that happened, we we

As I said in my opening statement at the second Commission Candidates’ Forum, my campaign is fueled by a vision of what small-town democracy

Right after the second Commission Candidates’ Forum on February 28, I began thinking about my next blog post. 

The ninth and final question at the January 31 Candidates’ Forum was about strategies for addressing theft in Surfside.