Commitment to Good Government and Fiscal Responsibility

• Sponsored an ordinance requiring fiscal notes for ordinances amending the municipal code
• Sponsored an ordinance that provided more regulation for taxpayer funded overnight and air travel (council adopted compromise substitute)
• Sponsored an ordinance to prohibit council members from using government property or resources to promote their financial interests
• Led successful opposition to defeat proposed ordinance that would have limited the public’s First Amendment right to speak at council meetings
• Opposed rate increases for Tammany Utilities (Cross Gates Water System)

Commitment to Transparency

• Sponsored an ordinance requiring more clarity on agenda item titles to more easily identify the item subject to the public
• Sponsored a Public Information Office ordinance to ensure the council was more able to distribute information to the public
• Opposed a politically-charged and costly septic inspection ordinance that exempted the northern half of the parish, but applying onerous requirements to the south
• Continued to lead the fight against lobbyists, special interests and big developers attempting to transform the parish council into a New Orleans-style model
• Supported a resolution to support council ability to create Office of Inspector General

Public Safety Advocacy

• Sponsored Resolution to urge and request State Officials to support an increase in the number of state warrants issued to the District Attorney’s Office for the 22nd Judicial District
• Opposed 2026 Operating Budget over cuts to Public Safety
• Worked with Pearl River Police Department to partner with ICE under the 287(g) program for illegal immigrants with active or pending criminal charges
• Worked with St. Tammany Republican Parish Executive Committee to unanimously pass a resolution supporting law enforcement participation in the ICE 287(g) program
• Worked with the Department of Engineering for speed control measures, requested additional traffic studies. Speed tables expected in Cross Gates and Magnolia Forest the first quarter of 2026
• Voted for Library Board Appointments who and adopted policies to protect children and privacy rights

Growth and Development

• Renewed two moratoriums to prevent high-density developments and ensure controlled growth
• Sponsored an ordinance to rezone 173 acres of land east of I-59, west of the Pearl River, from Planned Unit Development to R-2 (3 acres per lot)
• Sponsored an ordinance for waivers for fill for areas of special concern – add administrative waiver provision for properties which have experienced subsidence due to riverine flooding. (Cougle)
• A leader in the successful effort to defeat the attempt to restore apartments as a permitted use under HC-2, which would have opened up over 450 properties to the possibility of apartments

Infrastructure Improvements

• Voted to authorized acquisition of property for additional pond behind Ochsner to benefit Cross Gates drainage
• Voted for millions in District 9 Road and Drainage funding in the 2026 Capital Budget –
  • Cross Gates Boulevard
  • West Thorner Road
  • Davis Landing Road
  • Oak Drive
  • Chris Kennedy Road
  • Magnolia Forest Subdivision Drainage
  • River Gardens Drainage
• Partnered with Public Works on key drainage initiatives, including:
  • Voted to fund and supported the effort to bring a diversion canal behind Ochsner Hospital for the W-15
  • $2.2 million federal project for Davis Landing Canal providing safer access for hundreds of boaters and prevent further erosion to the area
  • Supported current drainage projects for
    • Cherrywood
    • Murray Road Loop
    • Herwig Bluff
    • Rivercrest
    • Cross Gates Phase 2, Cross Gates Phase 4, Cross Gates Phase 5
    • Old River Road
    • White Stork
    • Military Road Urban Ponds
  • Voted for funding for Tammany Trace connection to Heritage Park and for Camp Salmen Historic Lodge restoration

Community Engagement and Transparency

• Held monthly community meetings to connect the northern and southern parts of the district
• Regularly provides daily district updates via social media and promptly address constituent concerns through email, text and phone calls
• Regularly attends Pearl River Town Hall meetings and works closely with the mayor and aldermen

Recreation and Community Recognition

• Continued support for Recreation District 5 project to build a nature park on I-59 at the Pearl River Boat launch
• Led the council to recognize the following organizations for their service to the community
  • Slidell Veterans of Foreign Wars
  • Slidell Ladies for Library
  • Community Christian Concern
  • Honey Island Swamp Museum and Research Center
• Also recognized the following for their service to the community
  • Shady Pond Tree Farm
  • A Slidell area veteran serving overseas
  • Slidell Veterans of Foreign Wars

Environmental and Property Management

• Regularly worked with Code Enforcement to address violations and blighted properties
• Partnered with the administration to replace lift station fences, such as the one next to Honey Island Elementary School

Awards and Honors

• Earned the 2025 Pearl Williams Superior Leadership Award for Community Service from the East St. Tammany Republican Women’s Club

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