My priorities center around regular people.
New development should pay the real cost of the roads, utilities, and services it requires. Right now too much of that cost ends up on taxpayers. I’ll work to fix the rules so growth strengthens our community instead of raising everyone’s bills.
Right now it’s easier to build expensive housing than affordable homes. I’ll work to update outdated rules so we can build the kinds of housing young families, seniors, and working residents actually need.
As development spreads outward without planning, emergency response stretches thinner and infrastructure becomes more expensive to maintain. Smarter growth helps keep fire, EMS, and public services strong without raising taxes on the people already here.
Open space is part of what makes New Castle County feel like home. We should preserve land, expand parks, and make sure growth respects the natural spaces that connect our communities.
I’m a Midtown Brandywine neighbor, small business owner, and longtime community volunteer. You’ll usually find me outdoors. Running the trails, playing ultimate frisbee, raising monarch butterflies, or working with local groups to protect open space and strengthen our neighborhoods.
I’m running because I love this place and I don’t want to see it hollowed out by short-term decisions that raise costs and push people out.
For years, we’ve been told that more growth automatically makes communities stronger. But when growth increases long-term costs instead of long-term value, the opposite happens. Bills rise. Services stretch thin. Families get pushed out.
The problem isn’t growth itself. It’s the rules shaping how and where we grow. And here’s the good news: rules can change.
Or their attorneys.
My loyalty is to the people who live here. It’s time to get special interests out of politics. I rely on the support of grassroots donors like you.
New Castle County is special. We can create neighborhoods where families prosper, public services stay strong, and open space remains protected for the next generation.
Growth should strengthen communities, not hollow them out.
Candidate for New Castle County Council to bring economic sustainability through smart growth and open space preservation.
New Castle County, Delaware
Contact
(302) 265-4254
jason@gohoover.com