Progressive Melanie Lockhart is challenging the incumbent Heather Fulcher for Monroe City Council, Position 4. Lockhart currently serves on the Monroe Planning Commission and on the board of Take the Next Step, a Christian nonprofit that serves homeless and low-income residents.
As a parent of three young kids, she has also been an advocate for our students. She spoke out against racism and harassment after several hate incidents made headlines in recent years. She also is the chairperson for Citizens of Monroe Schools, where she advocates for the levies and bonds that fund educators, transportation, and special education programs for our schools.
Lockhart is running to make Monroe a truly welcoming city for residents of all races, incomes, and backgrounds. She would change zoning, seek funding, and work with developers to create long-term attainable housing for the next generation. She would make downtown more safe and walkable, and make business applications more language-accessible and affordable for new small business-owners. She says her degree in journalism has also prepared her to communicate and be responsive to Monroe's diverse population.
Her opponent is incumbent Heather Fulcher, who has served on the Monroe City Council since 2020. She has served on the Planning Commission, Economic Development Advisory Board, and Housing Affordability Taskforce for the county. Most of her work experience is in retail - she is the owner of Monroe Coffee Co., and has managed her family's bookstore.
Fulcher has very little public information about her political stances and platform for re-election. However, her Facebook has many posts where she celebrates police sweeps of encampments, which we know are inhumane and ineffective. She also thinks the city should prosecute people for "smaller amounts of drugs," indicating that she supports the "tough on crime" laws that have led to the mass incarceration of low-income and BIPOC communities.
Monroe locals have reported that Fulcher was dismissive of commonsense masking protocols at her coffeeshop during the height of the pandemic, and her campaign is supported by several Republican elected officials.
Lockhart would bring a fresh, progressive voice to the Monroe City Council. She deserves your vote for position 4.
Progressive Melanie Lockhart is challenging the incumbent Heather Fulcher for Monroe City Council, Position 4. Lockhart currently serves on the Monroe Planning Commission and on the board of Take the Next Step, a Christian nonprofit that serves homeless and low-income residents.
As a parent of three young kids, she has also been an advocate for our students. She spoke out against racism and harassment after several hate incidents made headlines in recent years. She also is the chairperson for Citizens of Monroe Schools, where she advocates for the levies and bonds that fund educators, transportation, and special education programs for our schools.
Lockhart is running to make Monroe a truly welcoming city for residents of all races, incomes, and backgrounds. She would change zoning, seek funding, and work with developers to create long-term attainable housing for the next generation. She would make downtown more safe and walkable, and make business applications more language-accessible and affordable for new small business-owners. She says her degree in journalism has also prepared her to communicate and be responsive to Monroe's diverse population.
Her opponent is incumbent Heather Fulcher, who has served on the Monroe City Council since 2020. She has served on the Planning Commission, Economic Development Advisory Board, and Housing Affordability Taskforce for the county. Most of her work experience is in retail - she is the owner of Monroe Coffee Co., and has managed her family's bookstore.
Fulcher has very little public information about her political stances and platform for re-election. However, her Facebook has many posts where she celebrates police sweeps of encampments, which we know are inhumane and ineffective. She also thinks the city should prosecute people for "smaller amounts of drugs," indicating that she supports the "tough on crime" laws that have led to the mass incarceration of low-income and BIPOC communities.
Monroe locals have reported that Fulcher was dismissive of commonsense masking protocols at her coffeeshop during the height of the pandemic, and her campaign is supported by several Republican elected officials.
Lockhart would bring a fresh, progressive voice to the Monroe City Council. She deserves your vote for position 4.