Timm, the Republican, cites his four decades of living in the ward and pledges to use his experience to reap more development resources from City Hall. Laskonis, the Democrat, thinks that residents want a change in leadership and pledges to promptly return phone calls and handle constituent problems. We need more to bring the businesses to the northwest side. But it's a gateway to downtown, the Coronado Theatre, the cultural corridor. The city has to get involved and develop a plan.
Crime is always an issue, but the numbers in terms of overall crime are de-creasing.
I want to make sure that the northwest side is not neglected in terms of fire and police protection. It would sit there for weeks. That's no longer a problem. I drive the entire ward once a month to proactively find problems before my constituents complain. Our streets are in better shape than they've ever been.