During my last four years, Kirkland has built new parks, improved the Cross Kirkland Corridor, and invested in complete streets, safe school walk routes, and the downtown waterfront. Kirkland added mental health professionals as a new type of first responder for those in crisis, while keeping fire and police fully funded and staffed. We have hired new firefighters/EMTs to improve response times and built new and renovated fire stations, fulfilling the promise to voters of Fire Proposition #1. We have implemented climate actions from our award-winning sustainability strategic plan. 

We have more work to do! We have to preserve and enhance our favorite parks and places—hubs of community life. We need transit that works for Kirkland, both connecting to the region and also connecting our neighborhoods to each other. Like we did with Totem Lake, we need to be all-in to ensure the success of 85th Street station area. We need to fulfill our vision for the Cross Kirkland Corridor. Most importantly, in these uncertain times, we have to protect our values as a safe, welcoming, sustainable community.

I ask for your vote to continue moving forward, together.