How would Wolf Croskey close the budget deficit?

Carefully, in public, and not on the backs of kids and seniors. Croskey served on the citizens committees that watched Pittsburg's sales tax dollars and school bond dollars, and has read the city's books line by line. He does not promise a painless magic fix: growth closes gaps over time, and honest public budgeting closes them faster than surprise cuts. Every budget choice gets explained in plain language before it is final.

What is Wolf Croskey's position on the data center?

When 300 residents show up about a project near their homes and hear that it is already approved, the process failed. Big projects should be heard before they are approved, not after. Residents deserve early notice, plain-language information in their own languages, and a real seat at the table.

Is Wolf Croskey running as a Democrat or Republican?

Neither. Pittsburg City Council is a nonpartisan office. The campaign colors are purple on purpose: red and blue working together. Potholes do not have a party.

What does a Pittsburg with room for everyone mean?

Council meetings that travel to neighborhoods. City notices in plain language and in the languages Pittsburg speaks. Renters and homeowners, longtime families and new arrivals, all at the same table. And a vision for the city that residents write together instead of one handed down from the dais.

Platform 2026

No more surprises.

Three hundred neighbors showed up to a meeting about a data center near their homes and were told it was already approved. Our city is $5 million short this year, and the first answer on the table was cutting the pool, youth programs, and Small World Park. Different problems, same root: decisions made without you.

I'm running to open the doors of city hall, build bridges between every community in this town, and grow our way out instead of cutting our way down.

Open the doors of city hall

No more finding out after it's decided. Big projects near your home get heard before they get approved, with early notice you can actually understand. Council meetings that travel to your neighborhood instead of making you come downtown on a work night.

City notices in plain language, and in the languages Pittsburg speaks. Budgets published where you can read them without an accounting degree. Regular office hours where you can catch your councilmember at the farmers market, not just at a podium with a three-minute timer.

Build bridges. Room for everyone.

The signs are purple because red and blue working together is the whole job. Council is nonpartisan and I'll keep it that way: no national politics at the dais, no communities played against each other.

Longtime families and new arrivals. Renters and homeowners. Six generations deep and first year in town. Everyone at the same table, and a vision for Pittsburg that residents write together instead of one handed down from the dais. This campaign runs in seven languages because city hall should talk the way Pittsburg talks.

Grow together

Every empty storefront is a service we can't fund and a neighbor without a job close to home. I'll recruit employers, fill vacant buildings, and make Pittsburg the easiest city in East County to open a business. Clear permitting timelines, published and kept.

I've done this work: as Chamber CEO during COVID I launched Support Now, Shop Later and helped our small businesses reach every relief dollar available. Growth is how we keep pools open and programs funded without reaching into your pocket.

The Money

Why you can trust me on the budget

Our city is $5 million short this year and $7 million projected next year. Those aren't my numbers, they're the city's. I won't insult you with a magic fix. Here's what I bring instead.

I've read the books

I served on the citizens committee that watched your half-cent sales tax dollars, and the one that watched the school district's construction bonds. Line by line, year after year. Nobody else on this ballot has done both.

No surprises, ever

Every budget choice explained in plain language before it's final, not announced after. If a cut is on the table, you'll hear it from the council with time to speak, not read it in the news.

Kids and seniors last, not first

The pool, youth programs, and senior services are the last place a serious city looks for savings, not the first. Growth closes gaps over time. Honesty closes them faster than surprise cuts.

Straight Answers

Questions I get at the door

How would you close the deficit?

Carefully, in public, and not on the backs of kids and seniors. I've read this city's books line by line and I won't pretend there's a painless fix. Growth closes gaps over time. Honest public budgeting closes them faster than surprise cuts.

What about the data center?

When 300 neighbors show up and hear "it's already approved," the process failed. Big projects get heard before approval, with early notice, in plain language, in your language. That's the standard I'll hold every project to.

Are you a Democrat or a Republican?

The office is nonpartisan and I run it that way. The signs are purple on purpose: red and blue working together. Potholes don't have a party.

What does "room for everyone" mean?

Meetings that come to your neighborhood. Notices you can read, in your language. Renters and homeowners at the same table. A city vision residents write together. Not a slogan, a way of running the building.

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