Four years ago, I campaigned for election to the Highland Park City Council. With the help of thousands of my Highland Park neighbors, the people of Highland Park elected me to the City Council.

Since my election, I have worked hard to make Highland Park a better community and I am grateful to all for your support.

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Four More Years

In 1979, I was Senior Class President at Highland Park High School. During my term, I pledged to always contribute to the betterment of our community. As I approach the 30th anniversary of that term, I continue to honor my commitment and fulfill that pledge with sincerity, intensity and responsibility.

My primary focus for community contribution has been to serve Highland Park as a member of the City Council for the past seven years. Constituent service, thoughtful legislative action and prudent fiscal policy are all critical to positive and productive public service. It is with great pride that I look back on our accomplishments, including reducing the city’s portion of your property tax bill to 6.60%, the lowest level in recent history and approximately 35% less than the city’s share a decade ago. While the overall property tax bill has gone up in recent years, the city’s portion of your tax bill has gone down.

As Chairman of both the Finance Committee and the Highland Park CBD Private/Public Economic Alliance, I have been a catalyst for change that has resulted in sound economic growth and municipal fiscal responsibility. We have dramatically increased our funding for streets, sewers, bridges, drinking water and other core infrastructure components while decreasing our city’s dependency on your property taxes and maintaining an AAA Bond Rating, demonstrating our city’s fiscal good health and competence.

In addition to economic issues, I am actively engaged in numerous quality of life initiatives relating to protecting our environment, providing services for our growing senior community and ensuring that our community’s youth are as safe and protected as possible.

While I am pleased with our city’s accomplishments to date, there are challenging issues facing our community, and our nation, that require my continued effort and energy as a public servant. Gas prices are at an all time high, local property values are under pressure and competition relating to our business district has never been more intense. These issues require thoughtful and positive leadership at all levels of government.

Because of the challenges and opportunities that must be addressed in our community, it is vital that I continue to apply my energies towards the betterment of Highland Park. Therefore, it is with great humility and the utmost degree of seriousness that I announce my candidacy for re-election to the Highland Park City Council. Please feel free to contact me at anytime to discuss local issues, your vision for our future or concerns you may have about our community. I can be reached at home at 847.926.8919 or via email at HPKirsch@Comcast.net.