Not slogans — commitments grounded in two decades of doing the work. Each pillar will grow into a full article over the campaign.
Listen first. Read the file. Explain the trade-offs the way good teachers do.
Thirty-three years in a classroom teaches you that nobody learns from a lecture they didn't ask for. David's approach to council is a teacher's approach: listen first, do the homework, read every report, and explain decisions — including the trade-offs — in language everyone can follow. Residents deserve a councillor who shows the work, not just the answer.
Stouffville's library is one of our great equalizers. A growing town deserves a growing library.
As a trustee on the Whitchurch-Stouffville Public Library and Latcham Art Centre Board, David has seen what the library really is: one of the town's great equalizers — free access to knowledge, programs, technology, and a warm place to belong. As Stouffville grows, its library must grow with it: in space, in funding, in programming, and in reach.
19 on the Park, the Latcham Art Centre, public spaces, programming — the connective tissue of a real community.
The arts aren't a luxury line in the budget — they're the connective tissue of a real community. David chaired the advisory committee at 19 on the Park, helped raise over $100,000, and serves the Latcham Art Centre through its board. He'll champion the venues, public spaces, and programming that turn a fast-growing town into a place people feel part of.
From school council to council chamber.
From the school Safety Task Force and the safe drop-off zone he helped create, to coaching softball, to programming for the town's 55+ community — David has spent two decades on the practical details of wellbeing. On council, that means safe streets, support for mental health, and programs that serve every generation, from playgrounds to seniors' clubs.
Decisions follow data, consultation, and real outcomes — not ideology or political reflex.
David taught science for three decades: form a hypothesis, test it against the evidence, and follow the result — even when it isn't what you expected. He'll bring the same discipline to council. Decisions should follow data, genuine consultation, and measured outcomes — not ideology, habit, or political reflex.
Stouffville doubled in a decade. Growth should serve residents — not the other way around.
Stouffville's population doubled in a decade. Growth is coming either way — the question is whether it serves the people who live here. David will push for growth that arrives with the infrastructure residents actually feel: library capacity, arts and recreation space, safe streets, and services that keep pace with the subdivisions.