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13:24 I'm embedded into our community and have taught students from all across Vancouver, Battleground, and Clark County for many, many years. I've listened to the challenges that they've faced and their families. People respect and reach out to me because I care, I know how to get things done, and I know how to work with people from all backgrounds and abilities. I also do not take decisions lightly, and I like to be as informed as possible. Using my background and history, I know how to analyze data and other information, and I also know how to spot historical trends that will help inform the decisions that I'll be making for Clark County. If elected, what will be your top three priorities? My top three priorities would be responsible growth, public safety, and social responsibility. For responsible growth, we must make sure that we're building responsibly and not expanding unnecessarily. We don't want to lose the fantastic lands and natural spaces that we have here that

14:23 make Clark County one of the best places to live. Having said that, we also need to maintain and care for our parks and public lands that so many people use daily and throughout our lives. For public safety, we need to make sure our roads and infrastructure are properly maintained and repaired. We can't just wait for things to deteriorate to the point where it's ruining cars and people no longer feel safe on our roadways. We also want to make sure that we have the right people responding to emergencies. We need to really look at and be forward-thinking if we have mental health specialists and other people responding to the emergencies for people in certain crisis. As far as social responsibilities, we need to take care of our houseless people. To do that, we want to try to keep people in their homes as well as making sure the county is working directly to help house our houseless population like the City of Vancouver

15:22 has been doing. Last but not least, we don't want to waste taxpayer dollars. We need to make sure that the right money is going to the right places and that we are being fiscally responsible with all of our money. What actions would you recommend for addressing housing affordability in the county?