Matt's record

A record of results.

Before you decide who should represent you, look at what each candidate has actually done, not just the rhetoric. Here is my record.

Matt in a safety vest and hard hat with officials on a site visit at Quonset — On site at Quonset.

Voted NO on the sludge plant

I was on the Quonset Development Corporation board when the sludge-processing facility came up for a vote — and I voted NO. I said then that a sludge plant has no place near our neighborhoods and schools. I resigned from the board in protest, and I am uniquely positioned to lead the fight against it now after seeing the flaws in the system of closed debate and backroom deals that led to this point. Today the project is halted under the moratorium won by Senators DiMario and Valverde, and our Town Council is taking the fight to the EPA.

That experience taught me how this happened: the QDC's meetings aren't recorded or livestreamed, and its executive-session minutes may never see daylight. So alongside stopping the sludge plant, I'll fight to reform Rhode Island's Open Meetings Act — requiring quasi-public agencies like the QDC to meet in the open, and creating a regular review that releases executive-session minutes once the reason for secrecy has passed. A decision that affects thousands of families should never again be made where the public can't watch.

Balanced budgets, level taxes

Four balanced town budgets in a row, without raising taxes — while communities across Rhode Island raised theirs, some so steeply they needed the legislature's permission. Fought to update tax exemptions for seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities.

Matt with officials in hard hats breaking ground on a public facility — Breaking ground on the facilities our town waited decades for.

New schools and public-safety stations

Fought for and won the bonds to replace our 100-year-old middle school, improve our other schools, rebuild the crumbling Post Road police and fire station, and build a new public-safety station at Quonset, when the other candidates in the race did not lift a finger. Fully funded our schools and first responders in every budget I passed, with new fire trucks, ambulances, radios, and safer PFAS-free gear.

Jobs and revenue for the town

On the Quonset board, backed responsible projects that brought good jobs and millions in revenue to North Kingstown — money that keeps property taxes down and pays for the services and schools our families rely on.

Protecting our freedoms

When neighbors raised the alarm about Flock automated license-plate surveillance cameras tracking drivers across North Kingstown, Matt led the response: he put the cameras on the Town Council agenda, made the case in a packed public meeting, and won the vote to terminate the town’s Flock contract and remove the cameras. One day later, the Governor ordered a statewide pause on new installations. Matt believes public safety never requires surveilling everyone, everywhere they drive — and he supports statewide rules to keep it that way.

A new law protecting Rhode Island veterans

As the RI VFW's legislative leader, championed the now-enacted state law protecting Rhode Island veterans from the predatory claim sharks who prey on their benefits.

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