Post Cresecent Statement

Completed Post Crescent Candidate Statement:

Megan Pickett

» Address: 119 N. Rankin St.

» Age: 46

» Occupation: Associate professor of physics, Lawrence University

» Political experience: None

» Campaign websites:

https://www.facebook.com/MeganPickettForAlderperson,

http://meganpickettforalderperson.blogspot.com/,

https://twitter.com/#!/meg_pickett_04

» Why are you running? District 4 combines businesses, families and Lawrence University, representing a rare opportunity to lead the city in economic and community development. I want to represent all of this diverse new district, as well as be a powerful advocate for the city. We need alderpersons who find areas of agreement, while steadfastly defending the core principles that are a proud part of our Wisconsin heritage. I’ll bring my fierce devotion to progressive ideas to the council, and I will not back away from these fundamental values of equity and equality. I know that we can be fiscally responsible and remain socially responsive.

» What are the key issues? I support the development plans the mayor and the Council have approved for downtown. I support efforts to celebrate and increase our city’s diversity, starting with the make-up of the Council itself. We need to partner better and more aggressively with our local universities, businesses and neighbors to meet our community’s challenges. To truly lead in the Fox Valley, we must improve our online presence and access. We’re no longer a Yellow Pages society; we’re a Web Pages society. Above all, residents and businesses deserve to know what the Council and city are doing, in a transparent, readily available way.