Vote For Yevgeny Khodorkovsky

My Bio

I am running for City Commission to bring accountability and representation back to City Hall. I don't approach problems like a politician, but approach them like an engineer. In my line of work, you can’t hide behind bureaucracy, or a three-minute timer. Success is built on collective transparency, ownership, and measurable results. I want to bring that same fact-based approach to our local government.

Why say "Yes-on-Yev"

"I don’t have a personal agenda, nor am I trying to build a political career. I’m not just trying to represent you - I am you.

In recent years, the focus of the City Commission has drifted away from serving residents and local businesses, towards overdevelopment and bureaucratic expansion. Most recently, push for a Tampa-style downtown plan, and yet another hike to the parking budget to compensate for mismanagement. Every neighbor I talk to, is tired of sending a polished message and an empty promise to City Hall. We will take our seats at City Hall together—because that is what home rule truly means.

We will focus on our City Charter again - vital services and neighborhoods. We'll prioritize real-world deficiencies we deal with every day:

1. Sensible Traffic & Transit: Timing red lights; reversing parking fee cash-grabs that hurt residents and local businesses; fixing neglected and aging neighborhood infrastructure (there's more to the city than Downtown and the Key).
2. Accessible Government: Streamlining how businesses and residents interact with the city government and infrastructure, and especially your City Commission. Invest in our people, to enrich their skills and capabilities so we can scale our city effectively and efficiently.
3. Responsible Development: we'll do everything to stop concrete mountains that overload our infrastructure without adding any housing.
4. Civic and cultural texture: Public art, murals, green space, a place to gather larger than a two seat bench - when we assemble we are neighbors."

"Where did this guy even come from"

Yevgeny (aka "Yev") has spent over a decade building software and leading teams for major technology companies—including Cisco, Salesforce, and various startups. He also manages global, open-source projects within the Apache Software Foundation, and volunteers in the community by helping seniors live in dignity. After living in a dozen cities across the country and around the world, Yevgeny chose to call Sarasota home in 2019. He holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Software Engineering from Arizona State University.

My Key Issues