The local primaries are March 20th
We interviewed Mike Noland and Tim Elenz one-on-one..
There are two candidates for the 22nd Senate District, Tim Elenz and Mike Noland.
We asked each candidate 5 questions.
Election
The local primaries are March 20th
We interviewed Mike Noland and Tim Elenz one-on-one..
22nd Senate
There are two candidates for the 22nd Senate District, Tim Elenz and Mike Noland.
We asked each candidate 5 questions.
| Question | Mike Noland | |
|---|---|---|
| 1: Briefly summarize your professional and political career. | ||
| 2: You recently were appointed to Governor Quinn's pension reform panel. Over the past two or three years, many proposals for fixing Illinois' pension funding problem have been offered, but the issue of touching the pension benefits of current workers and retirees has seemed to be the big stumbling block. What has changed that would lead you to believe that the General Assembly can get past that roadblock? | ||
| 3: Pensions aside, what other measures do you support for righting the state's financial ship, eliminating the billions in past-due bills and ensuring that school districts and social service agencies are paid on time? | ||
| 4: Elected lawmakers sometimes must put the needs of the state ahead of local needs -- the opening of the Rivers Casino, for example, which has had a dramatic negative effect on the Grand Victoria Casino and the city of Elgin -- or gambling expansion in general. How do you decide such things? | ||
| 5: What do you see as the greatest needs of your district that you plan to do something about in your next term in office? | ||
| Question | Tim Elenz | |
|---|---|---|
| 1: Briefly summarize your professional and political career. | ||
| 2: One of your campaign pledges is to bring an outpatient health care center to the district. What services would this center provide? Why do you think there isn't such a facility there now? | ||
| 3: What are your ideas for balancing the state's budget? | ||
| 4: Another campaign pledge is that you would work to repeal the 2011 state income tax hike. How would you replace that revenue? How would you convince the governor and General Assembly to take such action? | ||
| 5: Why should district voters elect you instead of Mr. Noland? What would you have done differently had you been the district's state senator over the past two or three years? | ||