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Zoulek challenges Jeffords for Richfield village president

3/8/2019

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That could be the headline of an article in this year's Daily News or the Times Press but it is the headline of an article published April 2nd, 2017 in the Times Press.

Many Richfield residents recently received a 2019 Danah Zoulek campaign flier written negatively about the Richfield Village Board listing the following issues:

TAXES are OUT OF CONTROL
SPENDING is OUT OF CONTROL
SALARIES are OUT OF CONTROL
UNETHICAL CONDUCT is OUT OF CONTROL
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Nice wording if only the facts were there

Hopefully this Richfield Today article will have you think about which Zoulek candidate makes sense, 2017 or 2019. 
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In 2017, she answered the following Times Press question, What do you feel are important issues facing your community? with the following words:

"Our taxes were raised for 2017 when our taxes should be going down. Our roads are in desperate need of repair."    You can read it for yourself in the attachment.

Ask yourselves, how can a candidate demand taxes go down while identifying roads in desperate need of repair? How would she solve that problem? She never did identify a solution. Have you heard of one?

In  2019 her flier states:
TAXES are OUT OF CONTROL Richfield Village Board raised your village property taxes by 28.55% ....... in 2017 the total public works budget was $1,275,704 and by 2019 it has jumped to $3,259,863.
 
She seems to have forgotten the Village board, knowing road repair is an important cost issue, authorized a Referendum  for Road Maintenance so Richfield residents could tell the board how to finance desperately needed road repairs and maintenance. Is she blaming the village board for the outcome of the referendum?
 
So did she do a flip flop? When you vote on April 2nd, WHO are you planning to vote for?
 
The 2017 Zoulek candidate or 2019 Zoulek candidate?
 
OR candidate Richfield Village President John Jeffords who answered the same question in 2017 article in this manner:
 
"The issue of maintaining approximately 146 miles of village roads continues to be a daunting task. The village will receive roughly $322,000 this year from the state road aids program which represents our share of the state's gasoline tax. It doesn't  appear the state will substantially increase the funding enough to solve our maintenance issues given that our need is 3 to 4 times the current funding amount we receive. Within the next few months the roads will go through a rating process that yields the condition of the roads and indicates how many miles need some type of maintenance. We will then be able to estimate the repair cost and develop an action plan with a timeline to bring road maintenance back in line."
 
Did he have a solution? Yes, to ask Richfield residents for input to solve a desperate problem. The referendum resulted with a majority of Richfield residents making the wise choice to raise taxes for 9 years. Ultimately that vote will save taxpayer dollars. Dollars that would have been spent as interest on a loan.
 
OR would you have preferred the majority of roads stay as they are today?
 
I suspect most Richfield residents will be voting to continue good leadership as witnessed these past 2 years by President John Jeffords, Trustees Rock Brandner and Tom Wolff.


6 Comments
Marie Graziano
3/11/2019 12:39:52 pm

Here we go again. I guess another loss , Too bad the other 3 times no learning experience. Those who have not gone to a Village meeting understand this board is very financially responsible with our tax dollars. as far as roads, we all voted for the increase. Our taxes went down in 2017 and 2018 so I dont get were this comment is coming from

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Marie Graziano
3/11/2019 12:43:47 pm

2019 taxes going up. Yes, blame the School board who decided on their liberal agenda to combine the schools and then up the taxes for those who live in the Freeze lake district to take on the debt of Richfield school. I agree that the school should have combined, however why is it that there was no plan on cutting costs. Nope that was not an option

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Sheri R
3/13/2019 07:41:48 am

You are so right! Her comments change every time the wind blows. Danah has been unruly and unprofessional, why would we even want her on the board? She can't control her temper - check out the youtube videos that she posts and others post, she yells and demands without speaking to board members. There is so much proof of her anger mismanagment, illegal practices and unprofessionalism. John has always remained professional, held his tongue when he has people such as unruly as Danah yelling, and been kind. He does a lot for our community, she trashes it. Oh, and by the way, when she drops off the flyers on mailboxes, she needs to stop screaming at her kids.

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Marie
3/14/2019 06:54:36 am

Great information on the news article. You are 100% correct. But this is how the candidate thinks . This candidate has a vendetta against the village.

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Marie
3/14/2019 06:56:02 am

Whoever wrote this, Thanks for a good job

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Lora
4/3/2019 06:33:27 am

I voted for the current board because of their position against the pit, but my taxes went up $700 this year due to the roads and the school That's a LOT! The village was tone deaf to initiate such a large increase the same year we were already getting soaked for the school. It is causing me to seriously consider moving. If not for the pit I would have voted for someone else.

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