Comments on: Richard Dunne: City Council Candidate http://elginite.org/blog/2009/03/12/richard-dunne-city-council-candidate/ Fri, 18 May 2012 13:01:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Tina http://elginite.org/blog/2009/03/12/richard-dunne-city-council-candidate/#comment-46548 Tina Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:27:30 +0000 http://elginite.org/?p=1484#comment-46548 Hi guys, great points, I have heard through city folks I know that Mr. Dunne is a strong candidate with his background. Prigge is also. Remember to think of our future with Robins on the council. He is a great source we can use. With political issues with these three, and agendas changing, it will require numbers when they cast votes. The other two year candidates don't have the plan on matters as Robins. He has visions and methods that work with Dunne and Prigge's ideas. Therefore the three can bond as a unit for change which needs votes! Dunne will get less done in the future if he just has Prigge. Hi guys, great points, I have heard through city folks I know that Mr. Dunne is a strong candidate with his background. Prigge is also. Remember to think of our future with Robins on the council. He is a great source we can use. With political issues with these three, and agendas changing, it will require numbers when they cast votes. The other two year candidates don’t have the plan on matters as Robins. He has visions and methods that work with Dunne and Prigge’s ideas. Therefore the three can bond as a unit for change which needs votes! Dunne will get less done in the future if he just has Prigge.

]]> By: Bob http://elginite.org/blog/2009/03/12/richard-dunne-city-council-candidate/#comment-46500 Bob Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:21:58 +0000 http://elginite.org/?p=1484#comment-46500 What shame the Herald copped out and claimed that they couldn't support Rich because he was the current Fire Marshall. That position doesn't even exist anymore. Anyone that has spent time with Rich, and the Herald spent plenty, knows that the elimination of the marshall's position is an attempt to streamline development in the city without compliance to the letter of the law in regard to occupancy safety. Developers and the city want things to go quickly and cheaply. Rich knows from experience which corners will be cut and which incentives were ill-advised. The Herald did us all a disservice by abondoning their objectivity and embracing knowingly false information to support a misguided conclusion. As councilman, Rich will find it necessary to recuse himself a lot less than the current members that have relations with petitioners to the city. This includes clients of seated lawyers. What shame the Herald copped out and claimed that they couldn’t support Rich because he was the current Fire Marshall. That position doesn’t even exist anymore. Anyone that has spent time with Rich, and the Herald spent plenty, knows that the elimination of the marshall’s position is an attempt to streamline development in the city without compliance to the letter of the law in regard to occupancy safety. Developers and the city want things to go quickly and cheaply. Rich knows from experience which corners will be cut and which incentives were ill-advised. The Herald did us all a disservice by abondoning their objectivity and embracing knowingly false information to support a misguided conclusion. As councilman, Rich will find it necessary to recuse himself a lot less than the current members that have relations with petitioners to the city. This includes clients of seated lawyers.

]]> By: Kurt http://elginite.org/blog/2009/03/12/richard-dunne-city-council-candidate/#comment-46491 Kurt Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:50:08 +0000 http://elginite.org/?p=1484#comment-46491 This is an e-mail I had sent to my friends in my address book. I felt this would be a great place to paste it also. Do you want to help the city of Elgin? Then we need to get out there and vote for someone that doesn't back Schock and his wasteful spending. Do you know that the only reason Schock was re-elected is because he received around 3000 votes out of only about 5000 that voted. This is of a City with a population of over 100,000 people. I would like to change those numbers by asking the people of Elgin to get out there and take our city back by voting. For starters, I have been a neighbor and friend of Rich Dunne since 1989 and our oldest daughters have grown up together since they can remember. We have our differences about some things, but over all we agree on a lot of things and mainly about where our town is going. It isn't good! Our city board is spending too much money on beautifying the town and less on the internal structure. The way to switch our city council's way of thinking is to replace the people sitting in those seats. I'm voting for Rich Dunne! http://dunneforelgin.com/ P.S. Did you know that the City council passed up a population census update in 2005? You have to wonder why! Could it be that it would qualify us for up to four more council seats which would then take power away from the Mayor and his partners? Or is it because a new tally of the population would grant us more federal money and the city doesn't feel it needs more money for the people of Elgin and it's infrastructure? This is an e-mail I had sent to my friends in my address book. I felt this would be a great place to paste it also.

Do you want to help the city of Elgin? Then we need to get out there and vote for someone that doesn’t back Schock and his wasteful spending. Do you know that the only reason Schock was re-elected is because he received around 3000 votes out of only about 5000 that voted. This is of a City with a population of over 100,000 people. I would like to change those numbers by asking the people of Elgin to get out there and take our city back by voting. For starters, I have been a neighbor and friend of Rich Dunne since 1989 and our oldest daughters have grown up together since they can remember. We have our differences about some things, but over all we agree on a lot of things and mainly about where our town is going. It isn’t good! Our city board is spending too much money on beautifying the town and less on the internal structure. The way to switch our city council’s way of thinking is to replace the people sitting in those seats.

I’m voting for Rich Dunne!

http://dunneforelgin.com/

P.S. Did you know that the City council passed up a population census update in 2005? You have to wonder why! Could it be that it would qualify us for up to four more council seats which would then take power away from the Mayor and his partners? Or is it because a new tally of the population would grant us more federal money and the city doesn’t feel it needs more money for the people of Elgin and it’s infrastructure?

]]> By: Boxcar http://elginite.org/blog/2009/03/12/richard-dunne-city-council-candidate/#comment-46386 Boxcar Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:14:47 +0000 http://elginite.org/?p=1484#comment-46386 I am starting to warm up a lot to Rich Dunne. I believe he and John Prigge would be strong councilmen. I do not get any sense of hopelessness with them like I get with the others. I think together they compliment each other's talents. Dunne has the technical end of things nailed down with his experience as a firefighter and Prigge seems to have a strong personality and some problem solving skills even I recognize. They both know Elgin is not doing well. I am starting to warm up a lot to Rich Dunne. I believe he and John Prigge would be strong councilmen. I do not get any sense of hopelessness with them like I get with the others. I think together they compliment each other’s talents. Dunne has the technical end of things nailed down with his experience as a firefighter and Prigge seems to have a strong personality and some problem solving skills even I recognize. They both know Elgin is not doing well.

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