QW: In 2017, I was within 500 votes of bringing a fresh new vision to Pearland as a candidate for mayor. Pearlanders face significant challenges in the 21st century—growing our local economy in a global market to help reduce the debt and tax burden, creating opportunities for local businesses to create jobs, safeguarding against global pandemics like COVID-19, ensuring the safety of our children and families, creating a more inclusive community with regards to race and culture, political divisiveness permeating our local communities, expanding access of mobility of our residents to the Texas Medical Center and downtown Houston and grappling with local effects of climate change. I believe my executive leadership, business experience and professional training equip me with the tools necessary to lead Houston’s most diverse suburb in today’s challenging global economy.

QW: As mayor, I will use my business expertise to limit any financial risks involved in oversight of the capital projects identified. Additionally, I will work to secure outside funding to offset budget constraints. In order to successfully move council forward on any initiative, I will work to build consensus with council. With this being one of the most politically charged and divisive elections in our nation’s history, I will work to gather input from our residents to put our most pressing concerns on the agenda to help prioritize spending and future investments. I plan to effectively use funding mechanisms available through the Pearland Economic Development Corp. The success of our local businesses play an important role in our immediate recovery and quality of life for Pearland residents.

QW: The most important priority for our local government moving forward will be maintaining communication with Pearlanders and ensuring transparency. As mayor, my priority will be the health and safety of our residents. Given the powers, role, and responsibilities of the mayor as defined by the charter, I will continue to reinforce scientific data and work to prioritize resources to establish effective communication with local businesses, schools, and residents to ensure adequate COVID testing, wearing of face coverings and working with county health officials to minimize the effects of the current COVID outbreak. This will help both our local business economy and schools. If elected, I’ll work to establish proper controls to mitigate against looming financial recession directly resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak.

QW: As a father and husband, I’m proud to be raising my family in Pearland. Over the last 20 years, Pearland has experienced tremendous growth in population and has become one of the most diverse suburbs in the Houston region and perhaps the state. As mayor, I plan to eliminate the perpetuation of MUD taxes and their burden on residents. I commit to improving our economic position in the region by growing our economy and utilizing the highly trained and educated workforce that resides here. This would change the perception that Pearland is a “bedroom community,” further create opportunities for our children and ensure we have the economic resources needed to adequately fund our police and fire departments while creating the quality of life we demand. Pearland is uniquely positioned in proximity to Houston, the fourth-largest city in the U.S. and a diverse city with the most advanced medical center in the country. While I remain committed to preserving the proud heritage of calling Pearland home, we must also realize that another important aspect of "home" is that it is also a place where you want to return. As mayor, I believe creating a more diverse economic tax base and creating initiatives that provide opportunities for a more inclusive community will create a Pearland we’re all proud to continue to call home.