- Age
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- Occupation
- Texas A&M professor and nurse practitioner; retired Army veteran
- From
- Originally from Ohio
Interview
Introduction
The city’s most important issue
Would you support the construction of the Inner Harbor seawater desalination plant?
Would you support seawater desalination in another location?
Favorite thing about Corpus Christi
League of Women Voters: Written Questions and Answers
Q1. What do you envision as a workable solution for our water issues?
A workable solution requires layering multiple strategies rather than betting everything on a single source. The immediate priority is advancing the Inner Harbor Desalination Plant without further delay. It is permitted, approved, and ready — there is no excuse for continued inaction. Alongside that, we must resume work on the La Quinta Channel second plant and evaluate the Barney Davis site as an additional source of long-term capacity. In the medium term, aggressive expansion of water reuse infrastructure is essential. Treated wastewater is an underutilized resource we are currently discarding. Partnering with industry to shift high-volume users to reclaimed water frees up potable supply for residents.
Q2. Do you favor an independent redistricting commission to redraw city council districts and why or why not?
I support independent redistricting only if the process is genuinely fair and equitable — free from political manipulation and designed to reflect the actual makeup and interests of our community. My core concern is proportionality. One district should not bear a disproportionate tax burden while others receive the majority of city investment and services. District 4 and the Island are a clear example — residents here contribute significantly to the city's tax base yet have historically been underserved in bond packages and capital investment. Any redistricting effort must address that imbalance, not entrench it. An independent commission is only as good as its mandate.
Q3. Which city issues are most important to you?
Three issues drive my campaign: water security, fiscal accountability, and public safety. Water security is existential. The Inner Harbor Desalination Plant must move forward immediately, alongside the second plant at La Quinta Channel and expanded water reuse. Fiscal accountability means demanding transparency on every dollar spent. Misallocated bond funds and exorbitant salaries must end. Public safety requires coordinating law enforcement with treatment resources to address drugs and homelessness effectively. Underlying all three is this: this council must make decisions. Paralysis is not governance.
Candidate response notice: The written answers shown on this page reflect candidates' responses in the League of Women Voters Corpus Christi Area's Voters Guide as of October 21, 2026. Candidates may change or update their responses or positions after that date.Source: League of Women Voters Corpus Christi Area, November 2026 Nonpartisan Voters Guide, page 39. Questions and candidate responses reproduced in full from the guide.