The owner of a Lawrence-based environmental consulting firm is set to become the first candidate to announce for the Lawrence City Commission.
Mike Dever said this morning he plans to announce his candidacy for one of three seats on the City Commission at an 11 a.m. event Tuesday at City Hall.
"I really believe that we need to expand our business and industrial tax base in town," Dever said. "I think we have held off for too long in moving the burden from homeowners to businesses. We need to start making that transition."
Dever, 43, is the owner of GuideWire Consulting, which provides site assessments and testing for a variety of environmental issues.
Three seats - all at large - are up for election. They are held by Commissioners Boog Highberger, Mike Rundle and David Schauner. None of those three has announced yet whether they intend to seek re-election.
The City Commission election will be April 3. If more than six candidates file for election, there will be a primary election on Feb. 27. Candidates have until noon Jan. 23 to file.
For more on the story, see tomorrow's Journal-World.
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homechanger (anonymous) says…
Its time to show Mike Rundel the door. He has been on the commission far to long. It has almost become his career. We need fresh ideas and less stagnate PLC bs.
Marshalus (Michael Stanclift) says…
Maybe I'll run for city commission. Wasn't Mike Amyx the youngest commissioner ever? Maybe I can beat his record.
bearded_gnome (anonymous) says…
this guy a liberal? guessing so by his biz. not what we need!
merrill (anonymous) says…
Consider this:
Neighborhood Resources Department
memorandum
to: David L. Corliss, City Manager
Thru: Debbie Van Saun, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Victor Torres, Director, Neighborhood Resources
DATE: October 2, 2006
RE: Building Permit report
Attached to this memorandum find building permit data for the year
through September 2006. Overall the number of building permits issued
continues to surpass the number of permits issued last year for this same
period, 2068 building permits issued versus 2036. Building permits for
single-family homes is at 196 as compared to 151 for this same period
last year.
In addition, building permit fees collected to date are over $695,000
as compared to approximately $575,000 for the 2005 period.
Godot (anonymous) says…
Gee, Merrill, where did you get access to that memo?