Flippen, who was previously the vice mayor, has said he wants to promote the city’s small-town sensibility and protect their traditional single-family neighborhoods. He also wants to fight the rising tides and floods plaguing South Florida and hopes to gain public approval for the Oakland Park/Wilton Manors Joint Climate Action Plan, which seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1 percent each year through the year 2028. The city plans to accomplish this by updating building standards and by keeping the city centralized rather than letting it sprawl. In addition, Flippin plans to increase the capacity of their infrastructure for water and sewage, which will hopefully keep the city above sea level.