My plan has two ideas.

Better Connected

Sun City Center isn’t one crowd. Some of us still work. Some of us are in our 90s. Some are at a club every day, and some just love our street. Better Connected means three promises, and only one of them involves a phone.

You hear from us. When a class moves, a pool closes or a storm is coming, you should hear it from the CA first, in plain English, on paper or on your phone. Not from a neighbor.

We hear you, and you see what happened. A question from a member should get an answer, a date, or an honest “no, and here’s why.” Answers do come today, but there’s nowhere to check where a question stands. See how it could work, using the questions from October 28 and November 11.

We can find each other. Larry Smith of Samaritan Services told me that at an HOA meeting of 20 people, five or six know what Samaritan Services is. Neighbors drive neighbors to the doctor, and most of the room hasn’t heard. The clubs and volunteer groups that hold this place together deserve better.

Better Valued

A community that looks after each other is worth more, and buyers should know it. Here: $346 per person in 2026, with $363 proposed for 2027 and members voting in December. In the newer communities nearby: $300 to $700 a month. We’re the best value in Tampa Bay, and almost nobody outside our gates knows it. If buyers knew our story, how much more would your home be worth, and how much faster would it sell?

Where I stand

• Debt-free: a goal now and forever. We currently have debt, and I support the why and how for it.

• ClubLink: I've never met a member who wants houses on our former golf courses. The board should follow the members within the constraints of policy and law. 

• Phase 1B: members voted for it, and it's being built. It isn't the board's job to reopen that vote.

• Dues: protect the bargain we have, and bring in value that doesn't come from dues.

My plan is not one issue. It’s how every issue reaches you, and how your answer comes back.

If you elect me

• I'll be at every board meeting.

• I'll serve the full three years.

• Starting in January, I’ll hold an open forum twice a month. Bring a question, a complaint or an idea. You’ll get my notes by topic, online or on paper, and each forum starts with what happened to last month’s list.

• I’ll ask the board to keep a public list of members’ questions, showing who owns each one and where it stands. That takes five votes. My forum doesn’t.

• I'll do the whole job: budgets, buildings, and policy, not just the parts I know best.

• If a Caloosa matter comes before the board, I'll say so and step out of the vote. 

Experience

• Board director and volunteer marketing director, Caloosa Golf Club 

• Former board director, UK technology start-up

• Marketing and communications since 1988. BA in Marketing, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

• Before filing, I met with five sitting directors to learn what the job really involves.

• I come to meetings with the numbers.

Read my answers to the questions members ask most