Last night, my colleagues on the Town Council chose me to serve as the Mayor of Corte Madera for the next year. The opportunity to serve as mayor of my hometown is by far the greatest honor of my life, and I thank the Council for their trust and support, as well as the community that put me in office. This is a daunting time to take the helm, with many challenges arrayed against our Town. Our community is currently in the grips of the coronavirus pandemic, and what is shaping

Tamal Vista Boulevard is one of the major thoroughfares in town, and it's long been plagued by poor road condition and severe congestion. We voted to allow the Department of Public Works to advertise for bids and award a contract to the lowest responsible bidder not to exceed $2.5 million—Public Works' estimate of the maximum amount this project should reasonably cost—to revamp this important corridor, bringing it into compliance with the "Complete Streets" standard (similar