Issues

Greg wants to build community resilience to the effects of climate change by investing more in mitigation and adaptation programs.  Heat waves, red flag days, bad air quality days, ice and wind storms, and flood risks will all continue to increase in the near future and we need to be prepared for it. We need to harden our homes to protect them from wildfires. We need to help people invest in greener appliances, heat pumps, and better insulation that will advance the city’s climate goals AND save residents money on their heating and cooling costs. We need to focus those investments on protecting the most vulnerable members of our community, such as those who can’t protect themselves because they experience housing insecurity, lack air conditioning, or can’t afford to turn it on. We need to expand the city’s urban forestry program to plant more trees and replace the trees that will be killed by the emerald ash borer invasion, especially in neighborhoods that lack adequate shade and green spaces. 

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Greg wants to build community resilience to the effects of climate change by investing more in mitigation and adaptation programs.  Heat waves, red flag days, bad air quality days, ice and wind storms, and flood risks will all continue to increase in the near future and we need to be prepared for it. We need to harden our homes to protect them from wildfires. We need to help people invest in greener appliances, heat pumps, and better insulation that will advance the city’s climate goals AND save residents money on their heating and cooling costs. We need to focus those investments on protecting the most vulnerable members of our community, such as those who can’t protect themselves because they experience housing insecurity, lack air conditioning, or can’t afford to turn it on. We need to expand the city’s urban forestry program to plant more trees and replace the trees that will be killed by the emerald ash borer invasion, especially in neighborhoods that lack adequate shade and green spaces. 

Greg will vote to enact an immediate moratorium on large data center construction until we can change our land development code to address the impacts they would have on water and energy costs and availability for the rest of us: residents, nonprofits, schools, governments, and small businesses.

Greg stands firmly against mass surveillance technologies like Flock cameras and cell phone signal interceptors. He will vote to keep those technologies out of Corvallis.