Big Change in City Government

Well, I will be entering my 19th year on the City Council after this next April election and under any circumstances the scenery will be changing around me. Mike Belsky is out along with Councilman Silberman and Councilman Levenfeld retiring after 8 years of service. With Councilwoman Olian throwing her bonnet into the ring against Mayor hopeful Nancy Rotering, we could have 4 or 3 new Councilmen this year depending on the Mayoral race outcome.

Five are on the ballot for the three open City Councilmen seats. Please go online to read about these candidates to make the best choices for our city. There will not be a primary, so the City Council Election will be held in April 5, 2011. If you know folks or young adults that are not registered to vote..... please encurage them to participate.

This will be a whole new City Council with fresh ideas that will develop creative policy for our future, as these folks make their imprint on Highland Park politics and our quality of life. I am strongly encouraged that we will forge ahead on the sustainability front, making huge progress on government reorganization by strongly engaging neighboring communities and other local governments to provide shared services for our residents. We need to spend less money overall on administration and overhead costs. More dollars need to be freed from current budget to rebuild infrastructure and providing essential needs to our citizens.