08/14/2026
Grand Island deserves better.
I will listen. I will communicate. I will continue to put in the work. I am passionate about our home.
Thank you for the endorsement Jeremy!
“The State of the City”
I’m disappointed to report that things are broken at City Hall. The culture in the building is shot and it’s time for a fresh start.
Let me share a few things the average person doesn’t know:
1. There was a taxpayer funded survey/SWOT analysis completed by city employees on the organization, and those results have not been shared publicly or demanded to be seen by council. You all know how I feel about surveys being done and then results never being shared;
2. Weekly department director meetings have been sporadic - at best - but mostly cancelled over the past months. These meetings once held incredible importance to fostering a “team” environment within City Hall;
3. The city is being lead by an overzealous city attorney and the interim city administrator, not the mayor - who by many accounts has decided he wants to be done now, not in December;
4. A council member was actually sanctioned by state accountability for failure to disclose a potential conflict of interest situation, most likely turned in by city administration;
5. Good people are quitting their jobs rather than subjecting themselves to more nonsense;
6. There is ZERO long term financial planning being taken into consideration with current budget processes. We are headed for another disaster if tough decisions don’t get made now.
It’s a total sh*t-show.
I could go on, but instead I will tell you that I have spent a lot of time with Jimmy and he will be ready to come in day one, and start rebuilding the organization that we left 8 years ago.
I don’t know the other candidate, and have never heard anything particularly bad about him; I just know that while he may have experience being the president of the current council, he should be doing more. The Woodsonia situation has been a total embarrassment and he shouldn’t be afraid to tell people he is endorsed by the Nebraska Democratic Party.
Eight years ago I left the city a blank slate at the Veterans complex after getting the land back from the State of Nebraska, and nothing but stalled negotiations and lack of movement has ensued.
The reputation of our city is waning in Lincoln, we have been gifted a great opportunity with the Good Life initiative, and we just keep stumbling with every step we take to get something accomplished. It’s unbelievable.
We need someone who can be “the face of the franchise” to move us forward. Progress doesn’t happen with IT analysts and attorneys sitting at the table. Progress happens with deal makers and forward thinking leaders sitting at the table.
Jimmy has my vote.
Give him consideration for your’s.
Grand Island needs his style of leadership and willingness to build a great team back in our City Hall.
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