Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce 
2005 City Council Candidate Questionnaire

Responses to this questionnaire may be used for endorsement purposes or published for our membership as information. In order to meet space constraints for publications, please limit your response to 75 words or less per question. We reserve the right to edit responses longer than 75 words.

Click the following links for the answers from: [Anderson] [Ihlan] [Pederson] [Pust] [Roe] 
(Tom Kough did not respond to the Chamber's questionnaire)

Background

1. Why do you want to be elected to the city council?

2. What is your previous experience or involvement with business?

3. If elected, what will your top three priorities be?

4. What endorsements have you received and/or are you seeking?

Fiscal Policy

5. Under what circumstances would you support an increase in local property taxes?

6. What services do you consider essential for the city to provide?

7. Will you support efforts to introduce managed competition to government if a city service can be provided at less cost to our taxpayers while maintaining quality and efficiencies?

8. As a way to reduce the cost of government, would you support efforts to share government services with surrounding communities? Please explain or provide specific examples of shared services you might support or challenge.

Economic Development

9. What is your position on the proposed Twin Lakes development?

10. What type of resources should the city use to best attract and retain businesses?

11. What should the city do to help alleviate traffic and congestion concerns surrounding Rosedale mall?