Matt Kern

Environment / Energy I believe that Greenways are extremely important to the health and well-being of a community. Education County Wide Pre-K. Education We need to all support our public school teachers. I support the Commission’s policy to subsidize local teacher’s pay above what the State provides. I also support finding “out of the box” solutions to specifically assist teachers with affordable housing. Economy Farmland Preservation. Housing I know what works and what the pitfalls of affordable housing are. I believe that the solutions are multi-pronged and cannot be solely addressed by government alone but should be a public-private, private and governmental responsibility. One way to get more affordable housing quickly is to use the existing stock of houses and apartments and incentivize those landlords to accept Housing Vouchers. Taxes / Budget The county should continue offering economic and tax incentives to recruit jobs that are compatible with our people.