WHY I'M RUNNING
I’m running because something isn’t working—
and people here feel it every day.
Costs keep going up.
Projects don’t move.
Good ideas get stuck in process.
And the people in charge?
They’ve gotten comfortable managing that.
This isn’t a resource problem.
It’s a leadership problem.
Across the Bennington District,
it shows up in different ways:
Rising taxes
Delays in housing and development
Decisions being pushed further away from local communities
But it all comes back to the same issue:
Too much process.
Not enough results.
I’m not running to manage that.
I’m running to fix it.
PLATFORM
AFFORDABILITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
ACCOUNTABILITY
People are paying more
and getting less.
Taxes keep rising.
Costs keep climbing.
And government keeps growing.
But the results aren’t there.
Too much focus on expanding programs—
not enough on growing jobs,
supporting businesses, and making it easier to live and work here.
That’s backwards.
We need to make Vermont more affordable—not more dependent.
It should not be this hard to build, improve, or invest in Vermont.
Act 181 is expanding state control over local development—taking decision-making away from communities and putting it into a slower, more complicated system.
The result?
More delays.
More uncertainty.
Fewer projects getting done.
We need to restore local decision-making, protect property rights, and remove barriers that are holding our communities back.
If a community supports a project, the system shouldn’t stop it.
If we’re spending this much, we should be getting results.
But instead,
taxpayer dollars are tied up in studies,
expanding programs,
and growing administrative layers—while outcomes lag behind.
That’s not accountability.
That’s a system that rewards process instead of performance.
If we’re funding it,
we should be able to measure it.
We need to tie funding to results—and stop funding things that don’t deliver.
WHAT I WILL DO
ACCOUNTABILITY
AND SPEED
I will push for a full, transparent review of where things are actually breaking down:
Why housing projects stall before they even begin
Why permitting adds unnecessary time and cost
Where taxpayer money is going—and what results we’re actually getting
Why we keep studying problems instead of solving them
And then we fix it.
That means:
Clear timelines
Defined responsibility
Measurable outcomes
And I’ll work with leaders in both parties, local communities, and the people directly impacted—
because getting results matters more than politics.
Because this isn’t about politics.
It’s about results.
We either deliver outcomes—
or we change how it’s being done.
EDUCATION THAT WORKS
Education That Works
Vermont has strong schools and dedicated teachers—
and that matters.
But we also need to be honest about the gap between cost and results.
Too much funding is going into administration and overhead—
and not enough is reaching classrooms, teachers, and students.
We should be:
Supporting teachers
Expanding technical education and STEM pathways
Creating more options for students
Making sure funding is tied to real outcomes
If we’re investing this much in education,
we should see it in results.
A CLEAR DIFFERENCE
Vermont doesn’t have a resource problem.
It has a results problem.
Here’s the difference:
THE CURRENT APPROACH
❌ More studies instead of action
❌ More layers of government
instead of clear responsibility
❌ State control overriding local decision-making
❌ Rising costs without clear results
❌ Process that slows projects
instead of moving them forward
MY APPROACH
✅ Act on what we already know—
and start delivering results
✅ Set clear timelines and assign responsibility
✅ Restore local control, protect property owners' rights, and make it easier—not harder
✅ Focus on affordability through
job growth and smarter spending
✅ Fix the process so projects actually move
Josh Williams:
A Problem-Solver
for Vermont
Josh Williams is an Arlington resident,
business owner/operator, team builder, and proven problem-solver.
He has worked in real estate, public service, and operations—
where results matter and excuses don’t.
Josh isn’t a career politician.
He’s spent his career getting things done in the real world—
managing teams, solving problems, and delivering outcomes.
That’s exactly what Montpelier is missing.
He believes government should operate with accountability, clear timelines, and real results—just like the real world does.
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