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There has been a lot in the news and flying around the rumor mill about where I stand with the jail. Here are my thoughts and stance on the Johnson County Jail. The jail is in serious disrepair. It was one of the first buildings I toured when I was running for county Supervisor in 2022, and I left the tour with a headache and a sick feeling in my stomach--it is a disgrace that the conditions of the jail have gone unaddressed for so long. It is not a place anyone should be inc

It is a tragic reality that we live in a time when mass shootings occur on a regular basis. It deeply pains me that our community has recently been home to such a violent and terrifying act. And while I am grieving with and for the victims, survivors, family members, friends, and bystanders, I am also ready to hold up a mirror to our county and dig into the work of holding the grief and loss while finding actionable policies, practices, activities, whatever it takes to heal,

Over the past few weeks, I have had the privilege of touring two data centers in Iowa, one of which is Meta's largest data center in the world, which is in Altoona, and the other was QTS in Cedar Rapids. I say privilege, because I know that as an elected official there are spaces that I gain access to that are not afforded to everyone, and I take that privilege and duty seriously to report back to our residents what I learned and how it is informing our decisions moving forwa

The sun is shining, the spring air is still crisp from wintering over, and the buds are popping out on the magnolia outside my window. Fresh starts are everywhere and given the ramping up of this campaign season (hard to believe the June 2nd Democratic primary election is merely 8 weeks around the corner!), I'd like to offer a review of my Plan for Progress that is also available on my website and has been for months. Let's call this 3 with V! #1 Artificial Intelligence and