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As an incumbent Harbor Commissioner, I have been through fiercely competitive campaigns before. Candidates disagreed, challenged one another's decisions, and made their cases to voters. But those campaigns were based on civility and integrity. What we are experiencing this year is different. It is dirty, despicable, and desperate. Certain opposing candidates, who have been defeated in past elections, over and over again, appear to have decided that their only path to victory

When I campaigned for Harbor Commissioner in 2022, I emphasized four principles: integrity, transparency, competency, and common sense. Those commitments still guide my work and my promise to you. I remain deeply honored that the people of Del Norte County placed their trust in someone who did not grow up here and has a foreign-sounding name. Those differences did not matter to you. You trusted me, as one of five commissioners, to use my best judgment and act on your behalf.