Your Priorities are My Priorities
Running for City Council in 2024, I had convictions about how I could help the needs of Brooklyn Park. Serving as your Council Member has sharpened those convictions and added new ones.
I've sat in the meetings. I've read the budgets. I've knocked on thousands of doors and heard from residents in every part of our city. What I've seen from inside City Hall has confirmed what I already believed: Brooklyn Park is a great city with great people, and it deserves leadership that is honest, careful, and genuinely focused on the people who live and work here — not on what's politically easy or financially convenient.
These are the things I stand for. Not as talking points — as commitments I'm ready to deliver on as your Mayor.
Fiscal Accountability
My time on the Brooklyn Park City Council has taught me a lot about how city government spends money — and how we need to work better for oversight and for direction. Understanding and being able to explain to our residents the “WHY” behind decisions is even more critical.
As Mayor, I will bring to city finances the same discipline and transparency I've brought to my 30-year career as a mortgage professional — where making a bad financial commitment doesn't just affect the bottom line, it affects real families' lives. Brooklyn Park's budget works the same way. Every dollar we spend carelessly is a dollar that could have gone to services residents actually need or stayed in their pockets entirely.
Public Safety
I have been a supporter of Brooklyn Park's First Responders throughout my career, long before I ran for office — and that commitment has only deepened since I took my seat on the City Council. The men and women who protect this city put themselves on the line every day, and they deserve a Mayor who will go to bat for them without hesitation.
They also need a voice that can share the need to improve our resources, protect our response times through thoughtful consideration of the needs of our larger community while continuing to keep health and safety concerns for the staff in the forefront.
But true public safety is more than a budget line. It is about whether every resident in every neighborhood of Brooklyn Park feels genuinely secure in their home, on their street, and in their community. That requires not just strong first response, but honest conversation about what safety looks like for ALL.
Community First
Brooklyn Park is one of the most economically and culturally diverse cities in the entire state. We have residents from dozens of countries, small business owners building something from the ground up, longtime families who have invested their lives in this community, and new arrivals who chose Brooklyn Park because of the opportunity it represents. Everyone should receive our attention, thoughtful planning, and inclusion.
A Mayor who is serious about community means taking all of that seriously — not just the parts that are easy or visible, but the businesses along our corridors, the families in our apartments, the seniors in our senior housing, and the kids in our schools. Brooklyn Park works when all of Brooklyn Park works.
Homes, Not Just Housing
I have spent 30 years as a mortgage professional helping families in this community make one of the most important decisions of their lives: whether and how to own a home. I understand the difference between a place to live and a place to belong. I understand what it means — financially, emotionally, generationally — to put down roots in a city. There are ideas outside the box that included multi-generational housing options, Accessory Units, and so much more.
That distinction is at the heart of what I mean by "homes, not just housing."
Brooklyn Park needs more housing. That is true. But the kind of housing we build, for whom it is built, and under what conditions it is built matters enormously. We have watched rents rise while family incomes haven't kept pace. We have watched long-time residents feel priced out of the city they helped build.
There should be multiple options for all stages of life here in Brooklyn Park and I am here to help secure that.
Always Listening
If you have questions about my vision for Brooklyn Park, or want to share your own visions and how we can work together to achieve them, I would love to hear from you!