Orland Park Mayor - Present
The single most pressing issue facing our (board, district, etc.) is , and this is what I intend to do about it.
Before I ran as an outsider to clean up our local government and get Orland Park moving in the right direction, career politicians had run our village for their own benefit. The village was careening towards a fiscal cliff with depleted reserves, an unbalanced budget, and out-of-control spending. Former Mayor Dan McLaughlin and his trustees had exploded our village s debt from $12 million in 1998 to $111 million in 2016. Over 40% of our roads were in poor condition after years of underinvestment. And the village was only investing in a single park every two years.
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Indian Ridge Homeowner s Association Board President, Glenview
The single most pressing issue facing our (board, district, etc.) is , and this is what I intend to do about it. The single most pressing issue facing our board is the need to enhance communication and transparency in process. While the board certainly makes efforts in this regard, we can always strive to do better. Every resident should feel that their voice matters because it does - all voices matter. Providing advanced digestible summaries of upcoming agenda items is one way to enhance communication. Increased engagement with the community and an open dialogue will go a long way toward furthering public trust in our elected officials.
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Education: BS Economics from the University of Michigan; Juris Doctor, (Law) from Pepperdine University; Masters in Law (MML) from American University
Occupation: Attorney and Commercial Real Estate Broker since 1988. My office has been located in Aurora for 25 years.
Previous or Current Elected or Appointed Office: City of Aurora Alderman, 10th Ward Elected 2017
The single most pressing issue facing our (board, district, etc.) is , and this is what I intend to do about it. The single most pressing issue facing the City of Aurora is debt! Aurora is $1.1 BILLION in debt. City leaders cannot continue to pass this burden on to our already financially stretched taxpayers. New program spending that adds substantially to our debt will need to be shelved, at least temporarily. In addition, I will cut wasteful spending, restructure debt where advantageous, and put the city on a tight budget until the current economi
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Government offices: Oak Forest Park District Commissioner. Oak Forest Advisory Committee. Personal Offices: Oak Fest Commissioner. Executive board member for Illinois lacrosse officials organization GLLOA. Elected union representative within the UAW.
The single most pressing issue facing our (board, district, etc.) is , and this is what I intend to do about it. I feel that communication from our elected officials is one of the most pressing issues we face in the 4th ward. And I find it lacking substantially at this point. Over the past year our community has seen events that are extremely rare but of the utmost importance to address and the leader in the 4th ward failed us by doing nothing. From storms ripping through the area causing loss of power and damage everywhere, a pandemic that touched every aspect of all our lives, and social justice protests our Alderman in the 4th ward sat idly by and