Right now council is a part-time job but for me [but] I would want it to be a full-time job, ... I'm going to take it very seriously and spend a lot of my extra time out in the community to try and figure out some of the problems that aren't being heard.

On local issues, it is extremely important to run as an independent so that you can do what is right for the city rather than following a political agenda,

Regardless of the medium, rewriting and more rewriting is still necessary. No one gets anything right the first time, and since I don't write with a hammer and chisel, it's relatively easy for me to change. It's just words on paper. Words are free. You don't go to the store and order a pound of words, or five hundred words, and pay your three dollars. They're free.

I was right then, I'm right now. I think time has proven me right.

This is definitely the right time to get started.

I basically lost everything. By the time we knew we had to get out, there was no time. I brought my laptop, my cell phone, a change of clothes and a pair of shoes and some of my boots.