Central Street Neighbors Association

The yard signs are long gone; the new Council has been seated. Detailed voting data is now available from the Cook County Clerk's office. I support Alderman Grover and I offer belated thanks to my supporters. Running for public office is a learning experience and I would like to share my lessons.
 

Last Tuesday, 6th Ward aldermanic candidate Mark Sloane got more votes than Judy Fiske, Lionel Jean-Baptiste, Don Wilson, Delores Holmes, and Ann Rainey. Yet when the new Council is sworn in a couple weeks from now, they will have seats on the Council, and Sloane won't.
 

For the April 7, 2009, Evanston election results, click here.
If you would like to see the results for prior Evanston Elections go to these .pdf file links and use the search facility in Adobe Reader (the binocular icon on the left) to search for "EVANSTON".  You will find complete results by precinct for every office and issue including the school boards and the park districts and the referenda.
 

After speaking in several forums, filling out multiple questionnaires, and writing a series of blogs, I hope you, the voters, have a good idea of what I would bring and what I would be like as your alderman.

Lost in the conversation about support for the branch libraries was the premise of my answer to the CSNA forum question and also at the LWVE forum. I said the appeal of the branch libraries needs to be broadened beyond families with small children or people within walking distance so that the branches have more support among all the people of Evanston. With more general support, they would become less of a budgetary football.

March 27, 2009 on 9:27 pm | In Dinges for Evanston Mayor | No Comments

Over the course of this campaign, I have endeavored to articulate my positions and explain my reasoning process. I have spoken at City Council meetings, written blogs and responded to others'. My opponents in the 7th Ward aldermanic race have not been as prolific, but with several forums and multiple questionnaires from various community groups, differences in positions and opinion are beginning to emerge.

Opening statement to a forum sponsored by Citizens for a Greener Evanston and the Evanston Public Library:
 
I want to especially thank Citizens for a Greener Evanston for sponsoring tonight's forum because it gives us a chance to talk about something else besides budgets and zoning, positions and policy.

The Circuit Court of Cook County earlier this week dismissed the lawsuit filed by Assessor Eckersall's former Deputy Assessor.
I was hoping that this would end before the election so that the taxpayers would see that this lawsuit was truly not my fault  - budget cut.
Hopefully, the voters will look at experience when they go to vote since we are in hard economic times and that we do indeed need experience in the Assessor's Office.