Nonpartisan Candidate for Maitland Mayor
Education: BS-Engingeering; MBA-Business
Occupation: Commercial Real Estate Brokerage
Home: Maitland
Age: Not answered
Past Political/Civic Experience: Mayor, City of Maitland; 2006-2011
Website: https://www.facebook.com/doug.kinson?fref=ts
Email: dkinson@cfl.rr.com
Q: What is your top priority if elected?
Address downtown issues; traffic and projects while not raising taxes. Keep projects throughout the City moving ahead. If successful, this will have a positive effect on tax revenue, allowing us to keep a check on taxes.
Q: What makes you the best candidate in the race?
Experience, leadership, know all the players involved and will not have a learning curve in keeping things moving forward. My professional experience serves me well with the types of projects the City is dealing with.
Q: What other issues would you tackle while in office?
1. Don't raise taxes, 2. Build a downtown that focuses on a Central Park, 3, Ease traffic concerns in downtown Maitland, 4. Provide better communication with residents.