Travis Padilla

Taxes / Budget Just as QC residents can't spend more than they earn and must stick to a family budget, so should our town maintain fiscal responsibility. Too many government officials believe that unlimited borrowing and spending won’t affect our community but that is simply not the case. I will ONLY support balanced budgets that protect Queen Creek taxpayers! Social Services Local parks are enjoyable for town residents and promote a wonderful sense of community and friendship. If not managed properly, parks can become money pits that do not meet the needs of the neighborhoods they are meant to serve. I will ensure our parks are built and maintained with best use and fiscal responsibility. Criminal Justice / Public Safety While misguided voices want to defund the police, I am proud to do the opposite and support our QC Police, Fire, public safety officials, and first responders by making sure they have the resources they need to serve town residents. Infrastructure / Transportation Our town has been playing catch up with growth for years and our roads are a mess as a result. Instead we need to focus on future-proofing our roads to match projected growth! Inflation in labor, materials, and financing show that we need to secure funding now to avoid higher construction costs in the future. I want to focus on improving roads now by using my lifelong business skills to ensure the work gets done as quickly and efficiently as possible. Infrastructure / Transportation Queen Creek may be growing quickly, but that doesn’t mean we have to lose our small-town feel. I’ll work to promote engagement with our community to ensure that town residents have their voices heard and are able to engage with the Town Council. Infrastructure / Transportation Queen Creek is growing very quickly and we know that isn’t going to stop anytime soon. That’s why we need to ensure that our growth is properly managed, so that our infrastructure keeps up, we maintain a good balance of retail and commercial growth, not just housing growth, and so that we have the water resources we all need. Economy Our local businesses are the lifeblood of our economy and deserve council members who fight to welcome and support them. In addition to ensuring local businesses stay open, I will fight to ensure they enjoy the same ability to compete in the free market as their competitors by voting against measures that result in the town picking winners and losers through subsidies.