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Parent Article: 400 Support Petition for City Council |
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Re: 400 Support Petition for City Council |
by Brandon
(No verified email address) |
Current rating: 0
07 Dec 2004
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Mr. Baldwin -
Congratulations are in order on getting 400 signatures on your petition. This is no small feat considering only 744 people voted 4 years ago in Ward 5 out of 2949 registered voters at that time. Hopefully We will see in increase in voter turnout in April as we did in November.
Our current council has yet to really adress the crime problems that are prevalent in parts of Urbana. Are you familar with the intersection of E Washington and Lierman? What ideas do you have to clean up what is quickly becoming another Lakeside Terrace? This is a real problem in our community. One that should be adressed on a local government level.
Our previous Alderwoman never did much to do anything about this neighboorhood. Nor did any of the other council members. However, they did find time to create an Anti-War declaration, provide funding for a wireless network for downtown, and countless other things that, while being nice and all, didn't do a whole lot for the citizens of this community.
I realize that you campaign is only starting, but these are questions that I will be asking of every candidate before voting.
Good luck ... |
