Oilton City Council Ward 4
Street signs and stop signs aren’t just metal and paint. They’re about protecting our neighbors and keeping our kids safe, especially with school starting soon.
As a city council, we can vote to fund these improvements. But the work doesn’t stop there. It takes accountability and oversight to make sure those signs are actually ordered, installed, and maintained. That responsibility falls to the mayor and the people he delegates to carry it out.
We’ve already seen what happens when basic responsibilities fall through the cracks. Whether it’s missing stop signs near schools, unrepaired potholes, road damage left behind after water and gas line repairs, or a city owned backhoe tied up in administrative delays, the result is the same: the public is left waiting while leadership stalls.
I’m committed to working with anyone on areas of common ground, despite our differences, as long as they communicate truthfully and honestly. As Frederick Douglass said, “I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.”
Just as students, families, faculty, and the community are preparing for the upcoming school year, we should prepare to put our best foot forward for our community. This is called leadership by example.
I continue to encourage the mayor to act now, while there’s still time, to ensure school zones, intersections, and recently repaired lines that damaged streets are addressed and made safe before classes begin.
It is understandable that we can’t fix all of our problems in one attempt. Although it’s not too much to ask that the necessary upkeep be done before the school year starts. That’s not about politics; It’s about priorities.
Good government means more than good votes. It means results. Let’s make sure Oilton’s streets reflect the kind of town we want to be.