Vision of a Prosperous Tomorrow

Development, Fair Taxing, and Thriving Businesses

Manage the city’s deficit and control unallocated spending; promote wise budgeting when appropriating expenditures and setting revenue streams.
Work to implement fair, economically sound tax codes for small businesses and property owners; curb hikes in income and property taxes, especially for families.
Ensure clean/smart development with reasonable accountability for developers and property managers.

Fiscal, Food, and Housing Security

Shelter the homeless and uplift our Ward 3 residents living in public housing; supply self-sufficient mechanisms and homeownership support.
Cultivate a better sense of domestic life, create financial stability, and normalize affordable housing; secure equal pay and higher wages, ease unionization, income-based tax credits, and access to modernized technology.
Adequately invest in impoverished communities, eradicate hunger, and rid of food deserts; widely make available food bank/pantry distributions and options for local, fresh grocery.
Increase monitored parking areas and efficient waste management (citywide recycle and bulk trash and garbage pick up).

Public Safety and Police Reform

Protect the well-being and safety of Ward 3 residents; home in on community policing, thorough onboarding for first responders, and best crime prevention and public safety methods.
Proportionally invest in the well-being of our first responders; further avenues for officers to obtain higher education degrees and options for mental/health services.
Reduce crime, particularly related to criminal and drug offenses; appropriately station patrol/security and shorten emergency response times.

Immigration Support Services

Assist and guard undocumented immigrants seeking asylum and residency; guide immigrants in the process of citizenship and direction to legal aid.
Connect residents with multilingual learning and speech classes; advocate for multilingual resources in Anne Arundel County’s private and public school curricula.
Produce means for language translation and translated information citywide.

Health, Wellness, and Medicare

Healthcare is a human right! Lead in the shift toward affordable and quality healthcare/Medicare for All; cover dental and hearing by incorporating in health services.
Minimize medical expenses and prescription costs! Combat rising health insurance costs.
Restore and save lives! Curb the use of life-threatening substances and drugs, halt deaths by overdose, and promote addiction recovery to prevent recidivism.
More access, not incarceration! Allocate funding for those reentering society and provide paths to rehabilitation and educational, addiction, and mental health services.

Green Space and Climate Crises

Prioritize environmental justice and sustainability; broaden the reach for grant funded green projects, such as community gardens and solar farms.
With investigation and partnerships, purchase spacious land underlying ecosystem preservation/rejuvenation.
Preserve our natural resources and power Annapolis with 100% of energy sourced from renewable sources; purchase 100% of energy from renewable energy credits.
Regulate and diminish air/water pollution; thwart climate disasters, particularly flood mitigation and surface runoff.

Youth Engagement and Education

Commit to our adolescents, teens, and youth; invest in educational opportunities and programs, such as fellowships/internships, job certifications, scholarships, tutoring, and mentorships.
Promote Annapolis daycare and after-school care facilities staffed by experienced Annapolis residents; offer support for meeting child care certification/licensing requirements.
Advocate and partner with officials, particularly in higher levels of government, for fully funding our schools.

Community Wealth and Transportation

Enhance the economic standing and diversity of our communities of color via generational wealth-building, financial literacy, black business/property ownership, and encouragement of entrepreneurship.
Honor and broaden our understanding of the history and culture of Ward 3.
Expand city transit and transportation access; offer free public transportation and promote transition to green cars/buses.

The People for Keanuú Smith-Brown

Vote KSB, Leadership for a New Ward 3, by Primary Election Day on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 (7:00 AM – 8:00 PM), to represent you on the Annapolis City Council. With honor, Keanuú Smith-Brown will serve as your Ward 3 Alderman, carrying your interests close to his heart, mind, body, and soul; Of Change. For Us — the People.

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