Election 2011: Tri-State Fire Protection District Board of Trustees

Patch contacted each candidate running for a seat on the Tri-State Fire Protection District Board of Trustees. We asked each candidate the same questions. Here, listed in alphabetical order, are the names of the candidates and their answers to selected questions.

Click on a candidate's name to see their full response to our questionnaire.

• Home address: Darien
• Age: 60
• Family: Linda, wife, 60; Kelly, daughter, 29
• Education: Clemson University / College of Dupage
• Occupation: Registered nurse
• Previous elected offices: Three terms as Tri-State Fire Protection District Trustee

What will be your single most important priority if you get elected?

My priority will be to continue the search for alternative funding sources, with the goal of maintaining high quality operations while meeting the challenges of the current budget constraints. This is the single most important job of an elected official. I am proud to have been able to maintain a superior level of care for fire and emergency medical calls while balancing the budget and making efficient use of the tax payer dollars. 

• Home address: Burr Ridge
• Age: 54
• Family: Nicole, daughter, 27; J.R., son, 23; Samantha, daughter, 21; and Kate, daughter, 18
• Education: BA, St. Francis University
• Occupation: President of insurance agency
• Previous elected offices: Former College of DuPage Trustee

What will be your single most important priority if you get elected?

I will work to ensure that the district is run efficiently and professionally so that life and property is protected.

• Home address: Darien
• Age: 50
• Family: Patricia, wife; Matthew, son, 18; Lauren, daughter, 15. 
• Education: Proviso West High School
• Occupation: Landscape specialist, part-time firefighter
• Previous elected offices: None

What will be your single most important priority if you get elected?

I am committed to making the board more openly accessible and accountable to the residents of the district. I want to start having the monthly board meetings videotaped, and the minutes from these meetings made available on the district’s website so that the residents can be better informed as to what is happening in the district.