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Priorities and Policies: Plans, Not Politics
- Stacy Hughes
- Sep 4, 2025
- 3 min read
South Jordan is a beautiful city, and District Five might be the most beautiful part ... but I may be biased. To ensure our city remains focused on creating a sustainable community for our families, our neighbors, and our local businesses, South Jordan needs a competent, intelligent, driven City Council representative, speaking up for you!
Vision & Values for South Jordan City Council, District Five
New policies are rarely written on a blank slate, and are always a compromise. A new ordinance or regulation arises out of a messy collision of democratic demands, fiscal constraints, and real-world limitations. So, I'm not running for City Council with blanket promises or unrealistic plans - I'm running on Vision and Priorities. But, I will commit to a collaborative process, an open door (or inbox) policy, and a sustained attention to these core areas of focus and priority:
South Jordan is a beautiful family-oriented community, but it has struggled to maintain a successful tax base of thriving local restaurants, shops, and entertainment venues. With the new construction at North Shore and around the Ballpark we have an opportunity to attract more vibrant businesses, and keep South Jordan tax dollars in our community. But, we cannot expand in these areas while allowing projects like The District to suffer. We need an intentional focus on attracting, supporting, and retaining the family-owned businesses that give a community its character.
What Are Your Priorities
Safer Schools
Cleaner Communities
Better Businesses
Practical Policing
South Jordan is a beautiful city full of open spaces, public parks, and our beautiful Jordan River, which is what first drew me to Daybreak. But, these beautiful spaces can only thrive in a community that values the physical beauty that surrounds us. The people of South Jordan want to see active city government focused on maintenance, water conservation, and efficient management of community resources, while holding developers and builders to account for the promises they make to the City and its residents.
While South Jordan's District Five is mostly built-out, South Jordan continues to grow to the west. With growth comes challenges: traffic, crime, pollution, and a change in the unique character of our quaint little neighborhoods as more density fills in our once-open spaces. The question is not IF South Jordan will grow, but how? I believe disciplined development practices, driven by priorities of sustainability, affordability, and aesthetic character need to be balanced as the City Council approves new projects and zoning.
The safety and security of our families, our homes, and our futures is paramount to the people of South Jordan, and the city of South Jordan has shown an ongoing commitment to training, transparency, and accountability in policing and EMS services. A thriving city expects emergency services that are organized, efficient, and effective. But, sometimes a community policing initiative is best served by a citizen with a clipboard, instead of an officer with a gun. I'd like to see South Jordan's fine emergency response services focused in areas where their skill and professionalism is of highest and best use. To this end, I believe South Jordan can lead in innovative community initiatives that foster safety and security through a vigorous community watch volunteer force, victim's advocacy volunteer trainings, and allocating additional future policing budget increases to prevention and redirection as we grow the South Jordan Police Department to meet the needs of the growth ahead.
In a young city like South Jordan, the sounds of school bells and laughing children provide a heart-warming signal that our city's families are thriving. But as our neighborhoods grow, access to safe pathways to and from our schools and the needs of our classrooms become more complicated. As a City Council, the safe access of our youngest residents to education and socialization must be a top priority -- from job opportunities, to social safety nets, to well-patrolled cross walks and carpool lanes. Safer schools don't just happen inside the classroom, it takes a village to raise a child. With every project, initiative, or approved permit the City Council should have a parent's heart, asking "How can we ensure that this decision will leave South Jordan in a better place for our children?