Buffalo Grove Village Trustee, 6 years; Planning and Zoning Commissioner, 5 years
The single most pressing issue facing our (board, district, etc.) is , and this is what I intend to do about it. The greatest long-term issue facing Buffalo Grove is our need to maximize services while minimizing the tax impact on our residents. This is made more difficult by uncertain state funding, including failed pension reforms. The State continues to pile on unfunded mandates, while reducing the revenue that is constitutionally due to the village. We are being fiscally squeezed by the State of Illinois. To address that issue, we need to broaden our revenue base. With greater revenue, we will not be as reliant on the State. How do we do this? We need to develop viable economic corridors and continue to develop our industrial district which has been a great source of revenue for us and has helped to sustain us through the coronavirus.
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John Laesch, a union carpenter since 2005, recently served for one term on the East Aurora District 131 school board. He is running for Aurora mayor against incumbent Richard Irvin and Ald. Judd Lofchie. (Courtesy of Al Nowakowski)
AURORA, IL Ahead of the April 6 consolidated municipal elections, Aurora Patch provided questionnaires to all mayoral candidates on the ballot.
Three candidates are vying to be elected Aurora s next mayor on Election Day incumbent Mayor Richard Irvin, Ald. Judd Lofchie and John Laesch.
Aurora Patch is publishing all responses submitted by candidates verbatim.
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AA, College of Lake County – Horticulture
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Artist/Printmaker, 1974-90; Landscape Designer 1990 – 2010, employed by several large area design/contracting firms and as a private practitioner; Speaker/Educator, News and Views – 2011 – 13; I am currently retired, and have returned to the studio making art.
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Trustee, Village of Deerfield, 2009 - 2013; 2017 – present
Board Member, Deerfield School District 109, 1991 – 1999
Various Boards of Service Clubs and Civic Organizations including the Optimist Club and Friends of the Library
The single most pressing issue facing our (board, district, etc.) is , and this is what I intend to do about it.
Previous or Current Elected or Appointed Office
I was appointed to the Northbrook Plan Commission in 2013 and served four years before being elected Village Trustee in 2017
The single most pressing issue facing our (board, district, etc.) is , and this is what I intend to do about it. keeping our financial house in order during a pandemic.
I will continue to work with the board to come up with creative ways to maintain the services our residents expect and deserve without raising taxes.
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