ACCOUNTABILITY & TRANSPRENCY 

Government must be accountable to the people, with decisions made in a fully transparent way, so that residents know how public funds are being spent, who is benefiting, and who is being left out. I will advocate for more audits, and more funding for Baltimore’s Office of the Inspector General, and I’ll work with my colleagues on the Council to ensure that the Council is holding oversight hearings and asking the right questions. 

I’ll also advocate that Baltimore renew its commitment to open data and programs like CitiStat that give the public more information on how government is performing. Similarly, I’ll work with community leaders to make sure that city agencies are responding to public information act (PIA) requests on time.

My policy vision for healthy communities is about understanding the connections between people and the impacts that programs, services, and resources have on them.