The entire board has been so derelict it is mind-boggling. We have Soo La Kim, Joey, Biz, and Donna Wang all up for reelection next year. All of them have closed their fundraising committees. These are the folks who are responsible for this financial mismanagement.
What are the odds that any of them will run again?
The entire board has been so derelict it is mind-boggling. We have Soo La Kim, Joey, Biz, and Donna Wang all up for reelection next year. All of them have closed their fundraising committees. These are the folks who are responsible for this financial mismanagement.
What are the odds that any of them will run again?
I haven't seen any candidate committee filings yet for D65.
August 20 is the first date candidates can circulate petitions. I'm not sure if the County Clerk has FOIA-ble records of who requests petitions, but that would be interesting to know.
Given that Steve has already been through the ringer with the equity crowd he may be more resilient in terms of dealing with the ‘any critic of the board is a racist’ attacks that will inevitably come.
For him it is ‘been there, done that.’
He can easily withstand those attacks in a race where you only need a couple of thousand votes.
Just on name recognition alone he would probably be able to earn a seat.
The entire board has been so derelict it is mind-boggling. We have Soo La Kim, Joey, Biz, and Donna Wang all up for reelection next year. All of them have closed their fundraising committees. These are the folks who are responsible for this financial mismanagement.
What are the odds that any of them will run again?
I haven't seen any candidate committee filings yet for D65.
August 20 is the first date candidates can circulate petitions. I'm not sure if the County Clerk has FOIA-ble records of who requests petitions, but that would be interesting to know.
Who would run? First, they'd have to run the election gauntlet and if they successfully navigate that, then they inherit this boondoggle.
I’ve noticed former Mayor Steve Hagerty making comments on Evanston Now and the RoundTable critical of the situation.
The Same Thirty People who complain about everything (and have substantial overlap with the Facebook Equity Army) don’t like Steve.
But I would think he would have enough name recognition to get elected. I, for one, would appreciate him running.
I am hoping his public commenting is partly an effort to test the waters. If so, please run Steve!
I saw that and was wondering the same thing. I should send him an email and see if he wants to do an interview.
That would be great.
Given that Steve has already been through the ringer with the equity crowd he may be more resilient in terms of dealing with the ‘any critic of the board is a racist’ attacks that will inevitably come.
For him it is ‘been there, done that.’
He can easily withstand those attacks in a race where you only need a couple of thousand votes.
Just on name recognition alone he would probably be able to earn a seat.
What if we don't have enough people interested in running to fill the seats up for vacancy? Isn't Biz up too?