Dutch company, VolkerWessels, has recently come out with a new concept: PlasticRoad. As the Rubber Capital of the World and the Polymer Capital of the World we should be leading this initiative. Akron should be the first city in the world with polymer roads. Here are some features of this road: Can handle -40 degrees Can easily […]

   In the drug world there is something called Suicide Tuesday.  It typically happens after a wild Saturday night of partying.  Tuesday is the day when it all comes crashing down around you.  The strongest drug I've taken since 2003 is Diet Coke and hot tea (not at the same time, that's crazy). The drug […]

   Based on this blog, you might be surprised to know that I actually run several businesses.  SageRock is my bread and butter. It's a digital marketing agency that my wife, Rocky, and I founded in 1999. We moved SageRock from Medina to Akron about 11 years ago. We ran it out of our house, […]

   When I started this journey my position was to give the people of Akron an alternative to the status quo. To the good-old-boy club of Akron Democrats.  But saying, "If you don't like this then we have something else," isn't great. Just because it's different doesn't make it better.  But today I feel much […]

   That was my niece's response when I asked her if they still made juice boxes.  "How can you be mayor if you don't know if they still make juice boxes?" I get that question every so often about various things.  It's usually in a statement that feels like I'm not smart enough to be […]

I'm not sure what I thought other candidates would be like when I got into this race. But I'm pretty sure it's not what I'm finding. From what I can see, there are 2 types of people that run for mayor: Ego-maniacal, self-righteous narcissists.  Lifers. People that made a career out of politics. I guess […]

   If you've been following along you probably know I've been spending an increasing amount of time in front of Angel Falls Coffee Shop here in Akron.  I spend a couple hours nearly every day standing in front of my truck talking to people. Sometimes I go 2 or 3 times a day.  I've got […]

As soon as I'm mayor we will begin a challenge to get 1000 new startup businesses in Akron in the first 2 years I am mayor.  People will be able to submit their business ideas and then these people will be assigned to business advocates that will help make these into real, fully functioning businesses.  […]

We need to look very intensely at what grants and funds are available for mass transit and bike routes.  We likely don't have a lot of extra money in the budget for these things. But there is very likely money available that we could use. 

Akron already has some really cool urban gardens.  We need to look at all the places we can put more urban gardens.  Green space is critical to slowing water runoff during storms.  We can let the community vote on the most beautiful gardens.