Paul’s Platform

Building Our Future Together: 

• Alignment of Municipal priorities with State and Federal resources 
• New planning initiatives tied to small business recovery, such as child care and elder care
• Community public health investments to increase walking, biking, and hiking trails throughout our municipalities
• Support for multi-modal infrastructure improvements that provide for an expanded one-seat rail to NYC

Establish Somerset County as a leader in the fight against climate change: 

• Promoting efficiencies to reduce overall county-wide energy use
• Supporting energy resiliency with solar and battery storage for critical facilities
• Expand upon the County’s Electric Vehicle Plan to coordinate charging station locations and utility assets
• Develop an Open Space Management Plan (OSMP) integrating parks, trails and preserved farmland to maximize carbon sequestration

Support continued Democratic Fiscal Responsibility: 

• Pursue grants and shared services and other non-traditional ways to provide county services, such as securing carbon credits from forest restoration efforts 
• Support walkable downtowns to create experiences for consumers unmet by online retailing
• Establish rehabilitation tax credits, renters tax credits and retail rent structure tied to profit sharing
• Require clear, transparent, accountable reporting for all spending