Welcome.
I’m Bill Stipp, I am running to be the next mayor of Goodyear, AZ because I believe:
40+ Years in Public Service
A career of service — from first responder to Goodyear city council member
Fiscal Conservative
Passionate about spending tax dollars wisely and with purpose
Community Focused
Dedicated to doing what’s right for Goodyear residents and employees
Local government is where trust should meet delivery.
Municipal governments ask, and often just expect residents to believe in the work they do, whether maintaining streets, ensuring safe neighborhoods, or managing millions in capital investments. But trust is not built on good intentions alone. It is built on consistent transparency and measurable results.
Far too often in local government, performance and accountability vary from department to department or administration to administration. We celebrate success in one area but accept the status quo in another. This inconsistency creates confusion for our public employees, frustration for or from our elected officials, and skepticism from our residents.
Consistency matters.
Transparency is not a quarterly report or a website update. It is an ongoing commitment to show the public how decisions are made and how resources are used.
Results oriented management should not be a catchphrase. It is a discipline of setting clear goals, measuring progress, and adapting when outcomes do not meet expectations.
Goodyear deserves a leader and a government that treats performance as a constant, not a campaign. And public servants deserve the clarity and structure that transparency and results oriented systems provide.
Our challenge and opportunity is to build a culture where performance and openness are not exceptions, but expectations, the standards by which we operate. That is how we earn trust, strengthen morale, and deliver value that endures beyond any single budget cycle or leadership change.
Status quo leadership doesn’t push us in any direction — we simply exist.
It’s cutting ribbons, fancy InFocus self-promoting articles and promoting the idea that we shouldn’t worry because we’re only 15% built out. Where are we headed? What does our future hold? Where are we being led?
We need a strategy for our future that values the residents over the amount of square feet we build. We need stronger and safer neighborhoods with a growth strategy that serves the residents that are already here.
We can’t move forward because we are constantly reacting to the circumstances being given to us. We need to create our future, not respond to it. As Sun Tzu wisely observed: "Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat."