There have been many important issues over the past eight years, but one eclipsed them all in terms of citizen engagement and the potential to shift the trajectory of the entire city. I believe it should be clear where I stood on the proposed Xinyi glass manufacturing facility as it unfolded.

Prior to the meeting to annex more industrial land, and from the day after it was announced they had selected Stratford for their facility, I was consistent and firm in my opposition.

I will always be grateful toward and proud of the residents of Stratford who worked tirelessly and played such a key role which ultimately saw the Xinyi facility ‘indefinitely suspended.’