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Elmhurst Weekly: We Will Run a Professional Operation

Elmhurst Weekly: Mayoral Candidate Mark Mulliner's Views on Issues Important to Elmhurst Taxpayers

 

As a candidate to be your Mayor, I feel it is important that the public understand what I believe in, and what my priorities are.  Going around Elmhurst, I have listened to your questions, and I have heard from many of you about what you’d like to see in Elmhurst.  As you know from these weekly articles, my agenda is a public one.  The pledge that I have made from the outset is that I will strive to conduct the business of the City in a professional manner.  

For our important city services, such as engineering, consulting, and especially law, I pledge to hire based on professionalism, competence, and integrity.  My administration will not retain or hire a firm based on political considerations.  We need highly qualified and skilled professionals as resources to assist and complement our city staff.  All of these tasks are critical.  They are critical to our financial integrity; they are critical to our business development; and they are critical to our reputation.  Under my administration, we will take no short cuts on finding and retaining professionals; professionals who know that their clients are the taxpayers of Elmhurst, not private interests. 

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And I also pledge that one of several important factors in the decision to contract with those service providers will be whether that professional has an office in, or a residential connection to, the City of Elmhurst.  During my 14 years as an Alderman, I have always promoted and supported Elmhurst businesses. If elected, I will continue to invest in and trust those that have invested in Elmhurst.  

Across the Elmhurst municipal spectrum, we have fresh faces in positions of leadership.  The people that managed and nurtured our community (Tom Borchert and Marilyn Boria, to name a few) have passed the torch to a new generation of leaders.  With that change, we need to embrace and promote intergovernmental cooperation.  We need to invest in the latest technology and try new approaches to governance.  We need to push the envelope to promote economies of scale at the local level.  Whether it’s shared infrastructure, or shared information technology, we need to continue to work with our intergovernmental partners for the benefit of Elmhurst taxpayers.

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Elmhurst is a great community.  We have acres of wonderful parks, renowned museums, great schools, a fine college, and a world class library.  These were all developed by promoting and investing in local resources.  This is the Elmhurst that we value.  An Elmhurst solution that works for all 44,976 Elmhurst citizens is what I pledge.     

 

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