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
Growth is good, but healthy, livable communities do not happen by accident. They require the right things built in the right order, funded by the right people. My principle is simple: fund the fundamentals first, make sure growth pays for growth, and build major facilities on a real plan. Fundamentals First Roads, water, sewer, and drainage are the essentials everyone relies on every day. These core systems must be managed proactively so they never fall into neglect. My commitment: infrastructure first, funded first, maintained first, and never deferred so that other projects can jump the line. Parks, Trails and Neighbourhood Amenities Parks, trails, and recreation spaces are essential to livable communities, and they should be accessible and affordable to as many residents as possible. These growth-related amenities are meant to be funded through developer contributions, not existing taxpayers. That is exactly what Development Cost Charges and Amenity Cost Charges exist to do. My commitment: put these tools to work fully and consistently so the amenities our growing neighbourhoods need actually get delivered. Major Community Facilities Facilities like the Langley Events Centre, recreation and aquatic centres, and other major amenity projects are worthy goals, but a vision without a plan is just an announcement waiting to disappoint. Before any project of this scale proceeds, residents deserve deep and meaningful consultation, a clear planning process with realistic timelines, identified funding sources, and full lifecycle operating cost estimates. My commitment: build the real amenities Langley has been promised, the right way, with a plan behind them.
Affordable & Livable
AFFORDABILITY - FOR FAMILIES, SENIORS AND BUSINESSES
Langley should be a place people can afford to stay in, not just arrive at. Affordability is not only about the price of a home. It is about the total cost and quality of daily life: what you pay in taxes and fees, whether services keep up, and whether your neighbourhood remains a good place to live as it grows. Affordability for families, seniors, and small business Housing affordability remains the biggest pressure most residents face, and it does not exist in isolation from how the Township grows and spends. Seniors on fixed incomes, young families trying to put down roots, and small business owners all deserve a Council that keeps their financial reality in view on every decision. My commitment: I will weigh the affordability impact of the choices Council makes, from taxes and fees to development policy, so that growth does not quietly price out the people who built this community. Livability as growth accelerates Livability is what turns density into a community. As neighbourhoods like Willoughby grow up rather than out, residents still need green space, safe streets, gathering places, and services within reach. My commitment: I will advocate for growth that protects the everyday quality of life, so that adding people does not mean subtracting the things that make Langley worth living in.
Fiscal Trust
FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE IS NOT ABOUT SAY "NO" -
IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE EVERY "YES" IS SUSTAINABLE
Financial discipline isn't about saying "no." It's about making sure every "yes" is sustainable. And you should always know the what, the why, and the how behind the decisions Council makes. How the Township manages its money determines everything else: what gets built, what gets delayed, and what you ultimately pay for. Right now that 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. These challenges are still manageable, but only with discipline, scrutiny, and honest evaluation. My concern 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 unquestioned, debate narrows, and the discipline needed to protect the Township's long-term health erodes. As an independent, fiscal accountability is not a slogan. It is the job. Discipline: making every "yes" sustainable Every major commitment has to be affordable not just to build, but to carry. When infrastructure, operating, and debt costs climb, it is taxpayers who fill the gap, and affordability gets worse, not better. My commitment: Ask the hard questions and read the fine print. Challenge assumptions before they become commitments. Count the full lifecycle cost, not just the capital cost. A ribbon-cutting is easy. The annual operating subsidies, staffing, and maintenance that follow fall on your property tax bill year after year, and they only grow over time. No major project should be approved without a realistic multi-year operating and maintenance projection alongside its construction budget. Charge 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. Transparency: showing the what, the why, and the how When the rules are clear and the numbers are visible, decisions get better and trust follows. When the process is vague, costs creep and residents end up paying more. My commitment: Predictable, open budgets published early, with enough time for Council and residents to review, question, and propose alternatives before decisions are made. Public financial reporting in regular, easy-to-read updates showing debt, reserves, debt-servicing levels, and how growth contributions are being spent. Open development contributions, so every fee agreement is explained and residents can see who pays for what. Protected reserves, used only for their intended purpose, with any reallocation requiring public approval and a plan to restore the fund. Closing the CAC funding gap The Township's historic reliance on Community Amenity Contributions, negotiated developer fees that face legal and provincial challenges, has created real uncertainty. It has left a gap between the amenities promised to growing communities like Willoughby and Brookswood and what can legally be collected. My commitment: bring our funding practices and reserve allocations into alignment with the Province's structured Amenity Cost Charge framework. This open, legally secure model provides cost certainty for developers and financial protection for taxpayers, and it is how we close the gap without leaving residents holding the bag.
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.