My top priorities as a county commissioner are basically the same priorities I learned as a journalist: Listen to the people and follow the facts.
It would be easy to jump on the bandwagon and say my top priority is affordable housing or mental health. Or I could say I am in favor of clean water. Who isn't? Nobody WANTS polluted or poisoned water. Just like nobody wants a runaway housing market that leaves so many out in the cold. And no one wants to see fellow Michiganders suffering from depression or mental illnesses. Everyone wants these problems to go away, or at least get better.
The question is how? We don't want to throw money away. We want policies that actually address the problem. I don't claim to have the magic bullet that will solve these issues or many others like climate change, protecting our great lakes, and eliminating gun violence. But I think the best way to find equitable solutions is:
- to listen to the people and
- follow the facts.
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