Jennifer Navarro, a 10th-generation Brunswick native and candidate for an at-large seat on the Brunswick Town Council, joins Chuck Ellis for her first-ever interview. After years of attending council, committee, and land-use meetings, she was encouraged by neighbors to run in the one-year special election.

Jennifer talks about her family's long history in Brunswick, life as a Marine Corps spouse, mom, and homemaker, and why rising costs and longtime residents being priced out of their hometown convinced her to step up. Her top priority is transparency: a regular two-way forum where residents actually get answers, clear findings on the record, and ”disagreement without drama” instead of rubber-stamp votes.

Chuck and Jennifer also dig into overdevelopment and public notice, Brunswick's many TIF districts and impact fees, tax-exempt institutions and nonprofits taking property off the tax rolls, spending priorities like trails versus roads, and why so many residents feel shut out of decisions made in committees and executive sessions.

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