An Independent Voice
A Proven Record
For a Sustainable Langley
Patti and I have called Langley home for 30 years. We raised our family here. We built our lives here. This community matters to us.
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For those same 30 years I've been serving it as a pastor,
a business executive, and a community advocate.
I've managed budgets, led organizations, and understand what's needed to make things work.
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I know what responsible management looks like — and I know when it's missing.
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I also bring the experience of a sitting City of Langley Councillor , with a firsthand understanding of good governance, transparency, and accountability.
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Langley is growing - Growth is good.
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It means families are choosing Langley, businesses are investing here, and opportunity is expanding.
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But growth doesn't become healthy by accident. It requires responsible planning, sustainable infrastructure, predictable development expectations, and strong local services.
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It has to remain affordable - for everyone; for young families trying to put down roots, and for seniors on fixed incomes trying to stay in the community they helped build. The Township is facing real pressures that are beginning to compound - rapid growth, major infrastructure needs, SkyTrain planning, housing affordability, and development uncertainty. We're carrying major legacy commitments and increasing debt loads while long-promised amenities are still waiting and the fundamentals: roads, utilities, parks, and basic services receive secondary service. That's why I'm running. Langley Township needs an independent, experienced, trusted voice on Council - someone who knows how local government works, asks the right questions, and keeps the focus on residents. I'm running to help ensure Langley grows in a way that is responsible, sustainable, affordable and rooted in the needs of the people who call it home - now and 50 years from now.
My PrioritiesÂ
Services & Amenities that
Keep Up With Growth
FUNDAMENTALS FIRSTÂ
The foundation must be solid before we build the extras. Roads, water, sewer, and drainage are the essentials everyone relies on. Paving the way for the growth our community needs is an investment in our future generations. We must manage these key elements proactively, ensuring our core systems never fall into structural neglect or disrepair. MY COMMITMENT: I will work with Council to ensure legacy projects do not take precedence while basics are deferred. I will prioritize a "Basics First" approach: Infrastructure first, funded first, maintained first. PARKS, TRAILS & AMENITIES Growth must pay for growth. Parks, trails, recreation spaces, and neighbourhood amenities are essential if we want healthy, livable communities! These growth-related amenities are to be funded through developer contributions.  These tools exist precisely so that existing taxpayers are not left covering the capital costs of new development. MY COMMITMENT: I will work to ensure these funding tools are used fully, consistently, and transparently. My goal is for every resident to clearly see what has been collected, what has been promised, and what will be delivered. TRANSPARENT FUNDING & REPORTING Transitioning to transparent practices. The Township’s historic reliance on Community Amenity Contributions (CACs) negotiated developer fees that face legal and provincial challenges, has created uncertainty. It has left a gap between the amenities promised to growing communities like Willoughby and Brookswood and what can legally be collected. I will work to close this gap and ensure taxpayers aren't left holding the bag. MY COMMITMENT: I will move to bring our funding practices and reserve allocations into alignment with the Province's structured Amenity Cost Charge (ACC) framework. Moving to this open, transparent, and legally secure model provides cost certainty for developers and financial protection for taxpayers. PLANS - NOT JUST VISION A vision without a funding plan is just an announcement waiting to disappoint. Major facilities like multi-sheet hockey rinks and indoor soccer centres are worthy aspirations, but they carry permanent realities. Public awareness and conversation cannot stop at construction;. Annual operating subsidies, staffing, and maintenance for each project fall directly on your property tax bill year after year and will only increase. MY COMMITMENT; I will work to ensure full lifecycle cost transparency for every new project. No major facility should be approved without upfront disclosure of both its initial capital cost and its long-term impact on local property taxes. WILLOUGHBY RECREATION CENTRE : An Honest Conversation ​Real plans, not shifting timelines. Willoughby residents were promised a recreation centre. Developer funds have been collected for years and there's still uncertainty about its viability. With municipal reserves under strain and the Township nearing its debt servicing limit, we have be honest about the path forward - and the plan to get there MY COMMITMENT: I will work with Council to initiate a transparent fiscal assessment and prioritization review. My objective is to identify real funding pathways and a realistic timeline based on fiscal truth - moving past rhetoric to provide the certainty you deserve.
Affordable & Livable
AFFORDABILITY - FOR FAMILIES, SENIORS AND BUSINESSES
Housing affordability while improving still remains the biggest challenge for people. It doesn't exist in isolation from how the Township manages growth, its operations, debt and development policy. When excessive infrastructure, operational and increasing DEBT costs increase, Â taxpayers end up filing the funding gap and affordability gets worse not better. I'll be advocating for policies that make Langley Township a place people can afford to stay in, not just arrive at. Seniors on fixed incomes, young families, and small business owners all deserve a council that keeps their financial reality in view.
Financial DisciplineÂ
FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE IS NOT ABOUT SAY "NO" -
IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE EVERY "YES" IS SUSTAINABLE
How the Township manages its money determines everything else , what gets built, what gets delayed, and what residents ultimately end up paying for. Right now, that financial picture is becoming more fragile. Debt pressure is rising. Reserves are under strain. And a slowdown in development is exposing how dependent the Township has become on growth-related revenue to fund infrastructure and amenities. That creates real risk. These challenges are still manageable but only with discipline, scrutiny, and transparent, honest evaluation. What concerns me is that those checks have not been strong enough. When one slate holds majority control, major financial decisions face less challenge, less testing, and less independent scrutiny. Assumptions go less questioned. Debate narrows. Decisions move forward without the level of transparent examination that's needed. Over time, that weakens the discipline needed to protect the Township’s long-term fiscal health. We are already seeing the consequences. Another four years without stronger independent oversight risks pushing the Township into a position that becomes harder and more expensive to correct. As an independent candidate, fiscal accountability is not a slogan. It is a responsibility. MY COMMITMENT:   - ask the hard questions   - read the fine print  - challenge assumptions before they become commitments - push for full public transparency on where money is going and why You deserve to see the real numbers and understand the real implications. That level of discipline and independence is what I will bring to the table.
Transparency & Accountability
YOU SHOULD EXPECT TO KNOW THE WHAT, THE WHY AND THE HOW FOR DECISIONS​
Good governance isn’t a slogan. It’s a set of practices that make decisions visible, test assumptions, and protect taxpayers from surprises. Given the pressures our Township faces - rising debt, strained reserves, and uncertainty around how growth is funding services - transparency and accountability are not optional. They are essential. Clear costs up front - No facility or long-term commitment should be approved without a clear estimate of capital, operating, maintenance and realistic revenue expectations. - Predictable, open budgets Budgets should be published early with enough time for council and residents to review, ask questions, and propose alternatives before decisions are made. - Public financial reporting Regular, easy-to-read updates will show debt, reserves, debt-servicing levels, and how growth contributions are being spent. - Greater transparency on development contributions  All development fee agreements should be open, transparent and explained so council taxpayers can see who pays for what. - Protect reserves and their purpose Reserve funds will only be used for their intended purpose, and any reallocation will require public approval and a plan to restore the reserve. WHY THIS MATTERS When the rules are clear and the numbers are visible, decisions are better and trust follows. When the process is vague, risk grows: costs creep up, residents end up paying more. With independence and disciplined Council oversight, I will work to ensure every major decision comes with the detail and scrutiny it deserves.​
Community Safety & Wellness
SAFE COMMUNITIES DON'T HAPPEN BY ACCIDENTÂ
You deserve to feel safe in your neighbourhood, on your street, and in your community spaces. That's a basic expectation of local government - and it takes more than reactive policing to deliver it. Safety means: - RCMP resourcing that keeps pace with population growth and crime trends - A bylaw and community safety presence that is visible, consistent, and empowered to act - Addressing social disorder that comes with rapid growth , not ignoring it, and not criminalizing it without support But a safe community is also a supported one. Langley is growing faster than its social infrastructure. The gap between what residents need and what's available is widening and it shows up in our neighbourhoods every day: - Seniors aging in place without adequate home support, transportation, or community connection - Young families navigating a system that's fragmented, underfunded, and hard to access - Newcomers who want to contribute but face barriers to belonging - People experiencing homelessness cycling through crisis without access to supports that actually work Local government sets the tone, holds the partnerships, and controls the land, zoning, and funding levers that make community services possible, or impossible. Through 25 years of community work and service on City Council, I've learned that safety and social support are not opposites. The communities that get this right invest in both.
Sustainability
SUSTAINABILITY ISN'T JUST ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT - ITS A GOVERNING PRINCIPLE
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Sustainability is the governing principle that ensures every decision made today doesn't become a burden handed to the next generation. FISCALLY, sustainability means making decisions with a long view ; managing debt responsibly, protecting reserves, and ensuring the Township isn't mortgaging its future to fund today's announcements. It means charging developers the true cost of growth through properly calculated Development Cost Charges and Amenity Cost Charges, rather than quietly shifting that gap onto the property tax bills of existing residents. ENVIRONMENTALLY, it means protecting green space, waterways, tree canopy, and natural corridors as the Township densifies - because once that land is gone, it's gone. It means honouring the Rural Plan, defending the Agricultural Land Reserve, and holding the Urban Containment Boundary as the line between thoughtful growth and unchecked sprawl. Every incremental expansion of that boundary carries cumulative consequences the Township can't afford to ignore. From a SERVICE PERSPECTIVE, it means never approving a facility or program without an honest accounting of what it costs to run year after year. A ribbon-cutting is easy. A maintenance budget, a staffing plan, and a 20-year operating cost projection; that's where the real commitment shows. GROWTH THAT ISN'T SUSTAINABLE - ISN'T PROGRESS - it's a problem we're handing to the next generation.