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“My legs may not be working but my mind is still there,” said Kenneth Warren, a challenger in the Westminster Common Council race, as he sat Friday in his wheelchair at home.
Westminster (Map, News) - Three’s the magic number.
Three challengers and three incumbents have filed to run for three open seats on the Westminster Common Council.
“We need more recreation for families, like bowling alleys and amusement parks,” said challenger Kenneth Warren, a retired business owner, who vowed that his health problems — multiple heart attacks, a wheelchair and pending leg amputation from diabetes — wouldn’t prevent him from running.
If elected, he said he would like to start weekly forums at Denny’s restaurant to give residents time to air concerns.
Public safety is a priority for challenger Charles Cull, a Realtor with RE/MAX Ambassadors in Westminster.
“My son is the president of the Westminster fire company so I am very sensitive to firefighters,” he said. “I’m also sensitive to the fact that we don’t have sufficient police officers. We were budgeted for 52 and only have 45. We are not reaching them through recruitment.”
Running for her fourth term, Suzanne Albert said she wants to cut government waste by expanding the cheaper maintenance services used for Westminster police cruisers to all cars in the city’s fleet.
She also wants to help solve the region’s water shortage through her involvement on the Council of Governments, which represents Carroll County and its eight municipalities.
Robert Wack, running for his second term, said he wants to continue implementing Westminster’s new finance software so periodic spending statements can be made available to the public, increasing the “level of accountability and transparency.”
The city should further its efforts to bring wireless Internet access to downtown and to update technology so residents can pay their bills online, he said.
Developing more affordable housing so residents can work where they live and bringing additional water sources online are some of the goals Gregory Pecoraro has if elected to his third term.
Water “will determine how the city, and its surrounding areas are going to grow,” he said.
Challenger William Gill did not return phone calls.
Council seats are nonpartisan and at large.
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» Deadline for filing candidacy: April 16
» Election Day: May 14
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