Time for a Change ZION!
Fred Flannigan
4/15/07

On Tuesday, April 17th, Zion voters will be given a rare opportunity. You will have the chance to vote a man into the Zion Mayor’s office who is neither, career politician, or career government bureaucrat.

Our elective political offices have for too long been controlled by individuals with no qualifications other then a padded political resume’s or plodding lifelong careers as government employees. This has led to a total disregard of the public trust by these elected officials, and in my opinion contributed greatly to the voter apathy we labor under today. It’s time to elect people to office who live and work in the real world, citizen leaders. On Tuesday you will be given that chance. I urge all Zion residents to take advantage of this rare opportunity and vote for David Ratliff for the office of Mayor of Zion.

The current Zion administration has been completely unresponsive to its citizens, and has only made changes after candidate Ratliff proposed them publicly. Almost every issue that David Ratliff has brought the attention of Zion residents, was at some point appropriated and put into effect by a Zion administration that is apparently devoid of ideas.

Zion faces real problems, deficit spending, one of the highest crime rates in Lake County, the threat of new tax increases, and a declining quality of life, are all staring Zion citizen’s in the face. Ask yourselves if 4 more years of Lane Harrison will do anything to increase or insure the safety of your children and your neighborhoods? Will 4 more years of Lane Harrison do anything to protect your pocketbook?  If your answer to either of these questions is no then there is only one logical choice for Mayor, David Ratliff.

Zion is so much more then that grand thoroughfare, Sheridan road. Many of you I’m sure are already acutely aware of this, but the current administration in Zion has spent a considerable amount of political capital trying to convince others among you that Sheridan road progress meant progress for all the citizens of Zion. It doesn’t. The citizens of Zion can’t afford 4 more years of an administration bent on chasing fast food franchises, economic development grants to failing businesses, and financial incentives to big box chains. This isn’t progress. Progress is clean safe neighborhoods, an affordable tax burden, and an administration that is responsive to “ALL” of its citizens.

David Ratliff’s lack of political experience will actually make him a more effective leader for the City of Zion and his business experience, a conservative steward of your tax dollars. David Ratliff as Mayor will be uniquely positioned to end the financial and political network of nepotism that exists in Zion today, and he will be beholding to no one except the citizens of Zion.  

A true Citizen Leader.



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