- Support the police department’s Project Safe Neighborhoods

- Lobby the legislature for tougher law enforcement and adopt a Zero Tolerance for Gangs

- Enhance and strengthen our 50+ Community Watch neighborhood programs

- Endorse programs and mentoring of at-risk students in schools.

2. Terms of office have been extended from two to four years for city government, where do you see projects in the city’s urban core (U.S. 321/I-85 entrance, historic downtown business district, Highland neighborhoods, Franklin Avenue and the Loray Mill) in four years?

In the next four years, I envision:

- An emerging, thriving Loray neighborhood.

- The 321 gateway aesthetically enhanced and traffic moving more efficiently.

- Our Senior Housing development and satellite health department in the Highland area complete and thriving.

- Our center city will be a livelier, safe and economically sustainable hub of activity.

3. What do you think the most important infrastructure needs are in Gastonia, Gaston County, as the area continues to grow?

- County-wide water and sewer

- New and enhanced roads as connectors

- Sustainable neighborhoods, green spaces, parks and retail centers

4. What do you think are the two biggest issues in Gastonia?

- Acquiring and sustaining economic vitality as the second-largest city in the sixteen county Charlotte region

- Managing growth through adequate infrastructure and services such as roads, schools, open space, safe neighborhoods, water and sewer and public safety.