Flooding, cutting emissions, and growing cost of living are among the top concerns for their voters, according to the two candidates running to represent District 15 on the Lake County Board. Parts of Vernon Hills, Mundelein, and Libertyville are included in the district.
Jennifer Clark, a Libertyville resident, and incumbent democrat is running for re-election. Dawn Abernathy, a Mundelein resident and former two-term village trustee who left the board in 2021 following a failed bid for mayor, is challenging her for the position. At Carthage College, Clark teaches economics as an assistant professor.
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She stated that she intended to keep applying her knowledge to develop “informed, real-life policy decisions.” The village government, according to housewife Abernathy, is nonpartisan. In announcing her intention to run for county board, Abernathy stated, “I do not appreciate the way the county has begun to place politics before people in their districts.
Priorities, according to Clark, include resolving floods, building railroad overpasses or underpasses to transfer traffic, and cutting pollutants. According to Abernathy, district residents complain about rising food, gas, and utility expenses. Better facilities and programs are also necessary, according to her, to address citizens’ mental health concerns.
Clark praised the county board’s accounting performance. She emphasized that she is especially pleased that the county tax levy has been constant over the last three years while maintaining a AAA bond rating, which reduces borrowing costs. The county board members who also serve as forest preserve commissioners, according to her, were able to accomplish that without cutting back on essential services offered by the county and the Lake County Forest Preserve District.
According to Clark, achieving that required a comprehensive examination of budgets and programs, the introduction of efficiency, and government assistance for COVID relief. As we move forward in such an inflationary environment, the board will need to maintain its focus on economic and fiscal efficiency, she continued.
Abernathy claimed that the county’s upcoming 4-cent per gallon gas tax increase was another factor in her decision to run. 8 cents per gallon was the initial suggestion. According to Abernathy, the county needs to be “bustling with new businesses” and offer incentives for companies to move there. When incentives are necessary, Lake County Partners, the county’s economic development agency, says that they are often provided by the state- or federally-funded sources.
According to Abernathy, the county ought to offer matching business subsidies, like those offered in Mundelein. She also demanded a “strong commitment to law enforcement,” claiming that the impending SAFE-T Act makes residents feel unsafe both inside and outside of their homes.
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