Infrastructure Before Growth
Plan roads, water, sewer, drainage, utilities, schools, and public-safety capacity before growth overwhelms what is already here — and make new development pay its way.
Plan before we build →
Campaign 2026 • District 3
A Voice for Every Neighborhood
District 3 deserves a council seat as straightforward as its neighbors. Together we can Believe in Better — a transparent, accountable city hall that serves every resident of southeast Huntsville, from Redstone Arsenal to the top of Green Mountain.
Six Priorities for South Huntsville
Growth should strengthen our neighborhoods — not outrun the roads, services, and public spaces that support them.
Safe Streets
Keep roads well paved, slow speeding through smart design and focused patrols, and fully staff and equip public safety while paying first responders competitively so good people stay.
See the street-safety plan →Strong Communities
Stand with schools, teachers, and students while rebuilding the parks, programs, volunteerism, and neighbor-to-neighbor connections weakened since COVID.
Build stronger neighborhoods →Revitalize South Huntsville
Fill empty storefronts, support local businesses, and use resident input to recruit more of the dining, shopping, and services South Huntsville wants.
Invest in South Huntsville →Maintain What We've Built
Take care of roads, sidewalks, drainage, parks, greenways, ball fields, landscaping, and public facilities before neglect makes repairs more expensive.
Protect what taxpayers built →Responsive, Accountable Government
Listen first, return calls and emails, explain decisions, apply the rules consistently, publish progress, and show residents where their money goes.
See how John will serve →Strong Communities • Community Poll
Mountain Gap School Community Poll
Share your view on the future of Mountain Gap School.
Take the Mountain Gap Poll
Infrastructure Before Growth • Signature Issue
Read the Full Plan
Real Teeth for the Slope Ordinance
Alabama caps the fine for destroying a protected hillside at $500 — a number set in 1975 and never updated. For the developers clear-cutting our mountains, that's not a penalty; it's a line item. John wrote the fix: a state bill raising the cap to match the damage, and he's recruiting a sponsor to carry it in Montgomery.
$500max fine today — frozen since 1975
51 yearswithout an inflation adjustment
$18,000proposed cap, per violation, per day
Safer Streets
Slow the Traffic, Not the Neighborhood
Roads that enforce their own speed limit.
Long, wide arterials like Bailey Cove invite speeds the posted limit can't control. The answer isn't more radar traps or camera tickets — it's engineering that makes the safe speed the natural speed:
- Radar feedback signs that show drivers their speed in real time
- Landscaped medians and street trees that visually narrow the road
- Signal timing that rewards driving the limit — speed and you catch the red
- Full cost transparency on every crossing and calming project
Meet Your Neighbor
A Neighbor, Not a Politician
Huntsville native. District 3 for most of his life.
John Stuart grew up here, raised two kids here, and is a network engineer with nearly two decades in Huntsville's defense industry. He's coached the ball teams, run the softball program at Fern Bell Park, and cares for his 92-year-old mother. He's the neighbor who actually reads the zoning agenda — and when he saw a 51-year-old state law letting developers treat our hillsides as disposable, he didn't write a complaint. He wrote a bill.
John is direct, and he doesn't suffer fools — when something's broken he says so plainly, and then he gets to work on the fix. That's the voice District 3 deserves on the council.
Learn More About My StoryOur District
Southeast Huntsville, Represented
District 3 covers southeast Huntsville — the Bailey Cove and Weatherly corridors, Mountain Gap, and the Green Mountain communities. It's the side of town where the mountain meets the neighborhoods, and it deserves a council member who treats both with respect.
Not sure which district you're in? Check your address on the city's official map.
Mark Your Calendar
Huntsville votes for city council on the fourth Tuesday in August — separate from November so local issues get your full attention.
| Date | What happens |
|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | Last day to register to vote in the municipal election |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Last day to apply for an absentee ballot by mail |
| Aug 20, 2026 | Last day to hand-deliver an absentee application |
| Aug 25, 2026 | Election Day — polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. |
| Late Sept 2026 | Runoff, if no candidate wins a majority |
Stay Informed
Believing in better starts with staying informed. Join the mailing list for updates on city policy, campaign events, and ways to make a difference in District 3.