Profession: Retired from a career in information technology and education. Also worked as a Web team leader for University of Michigan's School of Business Administration. Political: Democrat. Vice chair of organization for the Ann Arbor City Democrats. Education: Bachelor's degree in education and special education from Eastern Michigan University, and a bachelor's in computer science. Personal: Moved to Ann Arbor in the early 1990s from Northville. Has two grown children. Web site: www.bullingtonforcouncil.com

What she told us:

• Instead of putting $55 million into an underground parking garage, says the city should have put money into improving its infrastructure, including the aging sewer system.

• Wants to steer dollars to fix a city bridge that's failing and roads that are in terrible shape.

• Believes in saving the Argo Dam.

• Does not support a city income tax.

• Believes the city's rezoning process is based on myths and fallacies. Says city transportation plan is too heavily based on rail and needs to be overhauled. Also says urban planning in Ann Arbor calls for too much density and allows buildings to be too high.

• Thinks she has better solutions to Ann Arbor's problems and better priorities. Says she would not have put $100 million into building the police-court complex, nor would she have given a German artist $770,000 for a sculpture for the new municipal building project.

• Wants to bring police and fire staffing back up to levels that are safe.

• On transportation planning, says it would be cheaper to purchase hybrid buses than to lay rails in the city.

• "There's a lot going on with this city. There's just so much. You know, it's the crumbling roads, the bridge that's falling down, the bad sewer system. I'm worried about Argo Dam and Argo Park."

• Says Greden's votes over the last six years have plunged Ann Arbor and its taxpayers nearly $500 million in debt, and now the city is struggling to fund community centers, pay for police to safeguard neighborhoods, and fix crumbling infrastructure.

• Says Ann Arbor is one of the best small cities in the country to live in and needs someone serious in office to work toward progressive solutions to the challenges the city faces.