November 3, 2009 will be an important City Council election in Cedar Rapids. Six positions, including the Mayor's position will be up for election. Ron Corbett is running for Mayor. We should know on Friday, September 18, 2009 who the remaining candidates for Mayor, the two at-large seats, and Districts 1, 3, and 5.
As a former member of the Charter Commission, a former candidate for District 2, and a concerned member of the community, we hope Cedar Rapids will begin to embrace our Charter and correct the weaknesses created over the past 3+ years as we have transitioned from the Commission form to the Council-Manager form. Throw in the economic crisis, unemployment and the worse Flood in the history of our community; we have a lot of work to do as a community.
We look forward to supporting those candidates that want to get back to the basics of our Local Home Rule Charter and local city government.
- Public Safety
- Public Infrastructure
- Delivery of Public Services
- Finance
- Parks
As the former City Mayor of Cedar Rapids and City Manger of Marion kindly put it before his death, local government is the basics, it's about roads, sewers, police, fire and parks. R.I.P. Robert M.L. Johnson.
Robin Tucker
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