About Scott
Active In The Community
Active In The Community
Active In The Community
I've been a community volunteer for over 20 years for many organizations including:
- St. Mary's Elementary
- Beaconsfield Jr High
- Waterford Valley High
- Avalon Celtics Minor Hockey
- St. John's Soccer
- Blizzard Dogs Power Skating
- Swimming NL
- Kidney Foundation of Canada
- Crescent Fest Music Festival
- Kids of Steel Triathlon
- 2025 Canada Summer Games
My Background
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Active In The Community
I've lived in St. John's my entire life. I have a bachelor's degree in political science from Memorial and I have worked in the IT industry for over 25 years. I'm currently employed with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador as a Senior Business Analyst.
I believe in using the best information available and taking a common-sense approach to finding innovative solutions that work best for the city as a whole.
What Motivates Me
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What Motivates Me
My wife and I have raised our family here. I want St. John's to be the absolute best it can be; a place that my kids and their kids can choose to stay and live because it offers everything they could ever need - housing, recreation, safety, reasonable taxes, affordability, reliable services, support for businesses, and help for seniors.
I am committed to being a responsive and accessible councillor who will listen, learn, and take action.
My Platform
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From school councils, to coaching multiple sports, to the 2025 Canada Summer Games, I've been a community volunteer for over 20 years. Put my energy to work for you at City Hall.
Affordable Housing
Suitable and affordable housing is a basic need that everyone should have available to them.
Unfortunately, we are in a housing crisis right now and it didn’t happen overnight. Over the last 15 years, there have been many developments that did not happen in our city because of neighborhood opposition, and it has contributed to the housing deficit we have now. Council needs to have the courage to tackle the housing crisis by making meaningful change to the regulations that slow and prevent housing developments from happening, and it needs to have the courage to say to residents that, for the good of the city as a whole, we need to support development.
This doesn’t mean that all resident concerns are ignored and that every proposal, no matter what, is approved. We just need to focus on the greater good. The city has a responsibility to help ease this housing crunch and should do what it can to make meaningful contributions towards a solution.
Fiscal Responsibility
Balancing taxation and services provided is always the tug-of-war that a city council has to contend with. Basic services must always be protected as do the most vulnerable in our city when any cuts or efficiencies are found. Continuing to strive for value for money and reduce waste has to be a cornerstone of the budgeting process. I would be guided by the principle of affordability. When it comes to new expenditures, can we afford to do this right now without raising taxes?
Supporting Seniors
Seniors have worked long and hard to help build St. John's into the great place it is today. At this point in their lives, when many are living on fixed incomes, with the cost of living continuing to rise, we need to support them more.
City Services
City services are the cornerstone of municipal government. The city should always strive for improvement and look for ways to enhance the services it provides to citizens. 15 years ago, sidewalk snow clearing was thought to be pretty radical. Today we understand the need to provide it and how much it contributes to quality of life in St. John's.
Wildfire Mitigation
This year's devastating wildfires have been a real wakeup call. The City of St. John's must develop comprehensive wildfire mitigation strategies, like fire breaks, clearing vegetation, and prescribed burning, to lessen the chances of St. John's suffering, what could potentially be, massive losses.
Neighborhood Speed
Neighborhood traffic speed is one of the most talked about issues when speaking with residents. The first thing I would like to see is school zones all given their own priority and traffic calmed with the solution that best fits the situation. You can’t put speed bumps on a four-lane road like Topsail Rd, but traffic cameras, for example, would work wonders, I’m sure. In short, school zones should be taken out of the traffic calming application process as it currently stands and given their own priority. If you gave school zones the proper levels of traffic calming and reduced speeds in sub-divisions and neighborhood streets to 30 or 40 k/hr, it would help the traffic safety issue immensely.
Crime
Many people that I have spoken with feel like there are just more instances of criminal activity in their neighborhood – things like people breaking into sheds, rummaging through vehicles, evidence of drug activity, etc. The city reports stats that would seem to bear out these feelings and perceptions.
The compilation of these stats had a lot of input from key stakeholders in the community (the city deserves a lot of credit for bringing these stakeholders together) and have a lot of action items and strategies that can help reduce crime. I think this is very worthwhile work and would love to be a part of it. From my perspective so many of the issues identified in the report as root causes, and the area where the city has the power to make the greatest impact, come down to poverty and housing.
Recreation
As a marathoner and ultra-marathoner, I believe strongly in the power of physical fitness and recreation. Whether it's our facilities or our wonderful trail system, we should strive to continually improve the number of recreation opportunities for the citizens of St. John's.
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