Evanston Review Endorses Mark Sloane for 6th Ward Alderman

Submitted by msloane on Sat, 03/28/2009 - 15:55

 

Our choices for City Council – Evanston Review – March 26, 2009
 
… voters in the 6th Ward … our nod goes to Mark Sloane. A chief financial officer and a CPA, Sloane would bring his expertise to focus on the city's problems, such as the budget and pension funding. He has an eight-point plan to address the city's perennial budget problems that includes zero-based budgeting, pay freezes for senior staff members, a 24-month pay increase cycle and others. To shore up the revenue side, he would support new businesses and the sales tax they bring. He, like others, would like to decrease the use of paid consultants by partnering with Northwestern for in-kind services. On the 35-story downtown building, he would have called for more control on agreements with the developers, a performance bond, for example, to ensure the project is finished in a timely manner.

Comments

chris_hart

Sat, 03/28/2009 - 20:34

Mark -
 
I believe it may be appropriate to include the full introductory quote from the Review which reads:
 
"On the other hand, voters in the 6th Ward have perhaps the most difficult decision in this election. All three candidates are well qualified and offer solid reasons to support them, but our nod goes to Mark Sloane."
 
I wish you the best over the next 10 days leading up to the election.
 
Christopher Hart 

MarkTendam

Sat, 03/28/2009 - 23:42

"On the other hand, voters in the 6th Ward have perhaps the most difficult decision in this election. All three candidates are well qualified and offer solid reasons to support them (blah, blah, blah)."

and don't forget...

Evanstonnow.com:

"Sixth Ward: The three candidates in this ward seem highly qualified and offer similar platforms. No recommendation."

Of course, you both know how I love an endorsement. So I would have played it to my maximum advantage.

Seriously, I do believe no other ward has as many qualified and passionate candidates from which to choose.

Cheers to us.
 

JunadRizki

Sun, 03/29/2009 - 09:18

It is my view voters should avoid those runnig who took PAC funds from the fire fighters.  They are Liz Tisdahl and Mark Tendam.  Jane Grover while it appears did not take funds per the State election web site took the fire fighters endorsement.
 
We need public officials who represent us!