For the past 18 years, the previous department has manipulated and supported their own candidates for their own financial gain. The current commissioners also need to be held accountable for their actions, as there has been serious oversight with financial accountability to the residents on the current state of ESD 11. I am able to bring real-world experience when it comes to being financially responsible and providing emergency medicine knowledge to the ESD 11 board of commissioners.

I want to help mold the future of ESD 11 and repair the current problems within ESD 11’s communication and dispatch system. We currently use Sonim cellular devices that fire departments, and EMS field staff have reported that they cannot communicate efficiently. As EMS responders, we need a radio system to enhance interoperability and facilitate communications with fire departments. Our current use of the Logis CAD dispatch system hasn’t been used in Harris County, and it lacks the necessary information needed in an emergency situation, such as preplans for apartments and businesses. Fire departments have worked hundreds of hours to prepare and upkeep these preplans that are essential to emergency responders.

I will shed light to the residents on the current systems being utilized by the first responders as there was no input from the community. There is a serious disconnect between the current commissioners and the residents of the ESD 11 community. I hope to bridge this gap as an ESD 11 commissioner.

I’ll halt the current $50 million development and utilize that to increase from 10 ambulances to 30 ambulances running 24 hours. We’ll partner with the fire departments to decrease response times, bring back blood products, and partner with Life Flight so our paramedics receive the highest level of training. Our current dispatch system is ineffective and provides a communication gap with our fire departments. The communication system will change, to prevent gaps and delays that can cost lives.

During the pandemic, the largest effect from the current ESD 11 commissioners was the defunding of EMS. I lead the initiative to obtain [controlled air-purifying respirators] to be utilized in the field for added respiratory protection. The commissioners spent thousands of dollars in litigations, instead of providing additional personal protective equipment, testing and/or vaccinations to the first responders, such as the Montgomery County Hospital District and Houston Fire Department. We need commissioners that are more concerned with the residents and employees than their own personal gains.

Cypress Creek EMS took more than 30 minutes to get to a very close friend’s 3-year-old that was not breathing. This was inexcusable. After doing research and finding out this was a long-standing, ongoing issue in many parts of ESD 11 and also finding out the huge amount of apparent fraud and theft of taxpayer money by CCEMS, it was time for me to do what I could to end the corruption and terrible EMS response in ESD 11. It has taken me the greater part of 15 years to affect change in ESD 11, most of it coming in the last two years.

Continue growing the amazing new ESD 11 Mobile Health Care service that we, the current ESD 11 board, put in place just over a year ago. Continue to be overly transparent with the spending of taxpayer money and show that the decision to create the ESD 11 Mobile Health Care ambulance service was the best decision for the community. Continue to make sure ESD 11 is providing the best medics, support staff, facilities, technology, equipment, vehicles, etc. for the taxpayers and visitors in ESD 11. Continue to evaluate the EMS needs of the area, so we can stay ahead of our rapidly growing district.

The biggest challenges facing residents of ESD 11 is not letting the ESD 11 board be taken over by bad actors, thieves, and cronies of the former, now bankrupt, CCEMS. There were many people and companies receiving very questionable contracts worth millions of dollars that would like to see things go back to the way things were. I will not allow that to happen when re-elected.

I will continue to require that the ESD 11 command staff provide the commissioners all relevant performance matrices for our evaluation and continue to adjust the oversight to ensure optimal performance and monetary spending in the district. I will continue to have multiple weekly meetings with the staff and ESD 11 committee members to ensure all goals are on track and being properly managed. When things work, continue to improve. When things don’t work, make a change. Don’t do as government usually does: throw more money at the same broken solution that will not fix the problem.

Since I was a commissioner of ESD 11 during the pandemic, I saw and was a part of the huge response made by ESD 11 to all the citizens in the district. I ensured that adequate funding was allocated to the right places to best respond to the needs of our community. I also fought tooth and nail to keep the former EMS agency from misallocating taxpayer money.

I have lived my entire life in Spring. I have a passion for public safety and have continued to watch the growth and change in our emergency services over the last decade. I felt this was a great opportunity to help continue the growth of ESD 11. I was an emergency edical technician in college. I have a bachelor’s degree from Sam Houston State [University] anmd have experience running several small companies.

To help facilitate the continued growth of ESD 11 with quality service while maintaining one of the lowest ESD tax rates in the area. Continuing a forward path already in motion to increase the number of ambulances on the road, response times and high levels of prehospital care for our community. Maintaining a responsible budget and working with the executive staff to ensure proper resources are being received from the board while being a good steward of taxpayer dollars.

Change. Many people don’t realize the change that has taken place over the last year with the local EMS provider. Misinformation, rumors and politics have been distracting from what is being accomplished. I plan to listen, educate and make the best decisions for the community.

Continue moving forward. A lot has been accomplished by a very dedicated board of commissioners in a short amount of time. The community has already seen improvements in the number of ambulances on the road, response times and efficient operations. Working with the current board to continue moving forward is critical.

Staffing, call volume and hospital overcrowding. Working with all available agencies and local government bodies to ensure staffing, equipment, and any other resources (extra ambulances) needed can be provided and funded adequately. Taking care of the employees of the district to ensure they are happy, healthy, and equipped to take care of the community.

I’m running as a taxpayer watchdog. I had no idea what happened with the situation of Cypress Creek EMS being removed as the EMS provider for my area. I thought CCEMS lost the contract and it was awarded to another existing ambulance service. I called 911 on Nov. 6, 2021, when my 78-year-old mother collapsed at her hair salon and was unconscious. ESD 11 responded to the call. I was shocked and horrified with the ESD 11 911 operator and the EMTs that arrived on scene. I relayed my experience and concern to the emergency room staff at Methodist Willowbrook where my mother was taken. They told me that ESD 11 already had the reputation of being incompetent. I did my homework following this experience and discovered that the ESD 11 Board is running itself at taxpayers’ expense without oversight from anyone.

Make the public aware of how the ESD 11 board operates and make sure this board becomes accountable to the taxpayers.They currently give themselves an open checkbook of taxpayer dollars. Stop the spending of millions of taxpayer dollars without putting it to vote by the taxpayers. Stop the awarding of ESD 11 contracts to board members’ families (blatant conflicts of interest).

Calling 911 and ESD 11 responding is like playing Russian roulette. We don’t know if we are going to get proper emergency care. Currently, I’d rather drive my loved one to the hospital instead of calling 911 and ESD 11 responding.

I plan to make sure their 911 operators and EMTs are properly trained and routinely evaluated. Push to use whole blood and Life Flight services.

I believe COVID is winding down and has run its course.

The last couple of years have shown the current commissioners do not have the public's best interest at heart. The clinical care has declined significantly, and our citizens do not have access to medical resources they previously did. Not only have the commissioners spent your tax dollars on this upstart service, but they continue to spend millions in legal fees to go after the previous provider. I continue to be amazed at how the commissioners treat the public. My experience in EMS leadership, operations and clinical care allows me to ask the right questions and provide transparency to the public.

Provide transparency regarding the millions of dollars spent irresponsibly to create a new EMS system that has not gained the community anything at all. I will ask intelligent questions of the current EMS administration regarding their daily operations and clinical care provided to the citizens.

ESD 11 residents have lost access to quality clinical care they previously had. They no longer will receive blood administration if they are critically injured, they do not have access to Memorial Hermann – Texas Medical Center, the nation's top level-1 trauma center, and our citizens are in millions of dollars of debt. There is a significant amount of misinformation being put out by the current commissioners that no one has the ability to correct or provide accurate data on. I provide EMS experience that is needed on this board to make sure the best care is being provided at a reasonable cost.

Accountability for the public is paramount. The EMS services are now suboptimal compared to what was offered in the past. It is unacceptable that this continues to go unchecked, partly due to there being no EMS experience on this board.

Extended wait times at hospitals is definitely a concern across the country. It has also caused a severe shortage of all medical field workers in the last two years. EMS providers still have not been compensated by any government entity for their jobs during the pandemic. COVID stipends should be afforded to all EMS providers that put their lives on the line every day to face the pandemic.