11/03/2023
Standing at Early Voting, I’m seeing a lot of straight-ticket voters coming in. And it’s sad to me because I spent my first term trying to walk the walk AND talk the talk.
Showing up for, listening to, and giving a voice to residents is not a blue nor red ticket promise. Actually, I became Unaffiliated because I found it better to help residents without a party pushing me in this or that direction.
Just a few of the many things I accomplished in my first term include:
✅ Using $300K of Town funds to get a necessary traffic light at 21 and Northdowns;
✅ Worked with Hamptons neighbors to get any concessions they could from the by-right NorthState apartments on Sam Furr;
✅ Voted against the ordinances and Plans to help Plum Creek residents avoid the neighborhood connection road to the new Hamlet development;
✅ Voted against EPCON on Beatties Ford;
✅ Voted against the Birkdale rezoning request after spending hours with residents for their concerns;
✅ Voted against rezoning rural to highway commercial for an outdoor recreational facility. I got a lot of flak for that from other commissioners, but for me, the location wasn’t right;
✅ One of the first things I did was get to work removing the unlimited density zoning for downtown, call TOD.
I’m no developer’s friend. But that isn’t the point. The point is I have represented you, the residents, as promised. My record and my responses prove it.
Please don’t forget about me when you vote. I’m not on a blue nor red ticket.
I’m Amber Kovacs, and I’m asking to be re-elected.