Meet Cheryl
There may be deeper roots on the council, but I love our little town and I want to see it thrive, now and long into the future.
I was born and raised here, and I'm raising my son here now. I went to Drake, and I'm a parent in these schools today, which means I've been through them twice from two very different seats.
I work as a nursing assistant at Marin General. It's shift work, and it teaches you the difference between a thing that has gone wrong and a thing that's working exactly as designed, just not for the person standing in front of you.
Most of what frustrates people about Town Hall is the second kind, and the second kind is fixable.
I didn't go straight to college. In my early twenties I worked as a nanny, which is where I found out I was good at making a household run: structure, calm, somewhere that felt like home to the people in it.
I had my son at 27. Everything I thought I knew about planning got rearranged that year, and most of what I know about patience I learned afterwards.
I went back to school later than most people do and finished my associate's degree at 38. Then I went to work at Marin General, looking after people from every part of this county on some of the worst days they will have.
I've never been in politics. I got here the way most people do, by getting annoyed about something specific.
Why I'm running for Town Council
I am running for Town Council because I hear our community's call for change. The current division on the council has left Fairfax residents feeling unheard, frustrated, and shut out of the decisions that impact their lives.
Today, public discourse is crowded with noise and social media misinformation, making complex local issues even harder to navigate. Local governance is rarely simple. We have to balance community needs within the strict realities of state and federal law, which is why we need leaders who do the real work.
I am committed to doing independent, thorough research on every issue, reading every agenda packet cover to cover before meetings, and explaining policies clearly and transparently so everyone understands the choices before us.
It is time to stop repeating past mistakes and appointing recycled leadership. Fairfax deserves a fresh perspective at the table: a dedicated, hardworking voice that prioritizes open communication, listens with empathy, and ensures our entire town is informed and truly represented.
What I won't promise you
I don't think I'll be able to fix all our roads. We voted 62 percent against the money to do it. That's a real answer and I intend to respect it.
I can't undo a project that already holds its final entitlements. And I don't have Fairfax's answer sitting in my pocket, because the whole premise of how I want to do this job is that the answer comes from asking.
I'll do the reading. I'll publish what I find, including the parts that might not help me. And if our town wants something I disagree with, our town wins over my opinion of it.
That might sound like a modest promise. I've come to think it's the one Fairfax has been short of.
The practical stuff
Ballots start landing as early as October 5. Election day is Tuesday, November 3.
I'm one of six running for two open council seats, and two of our current council members are leaving. So there will be two new faces on the town council this fall whether you vote or not. I'd love your help becoming one of them.
The six issues or tell me if I've missed anything
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