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La Crosse City Council District 11

Common CouncilThe Common Council is the legislative policy-making body of the City. Council members approve contracts, adopt regulatory ordinances and resolutions, approve the annual budget, determine the tax rate, provide direction to the Mayor, City Department Heads and other Council appointees, and provide a forum for active community participation in setting and achieving City policies, goals and objectives.

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    Crystal Bedford
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    Martin Gaul
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Biographical Information

What motivates you to run for a position on the Common Council?

Identify three important issues facing La Crosse that you would like to address/work on during your term as a member of the Common Council and briefly state your current thinking about each of them.

Aside from issues affecting the city, what specific concerns are important to the voters in your district?

How will you communicate with your district constituents and encourage their engagement with issues that affect our city?

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I served on the La Crosse City Council beginning in 2015 for 6 years, the final 4 of those years as the council president. I believed then as I do now that we are elected specifically to do the business of the city as effectively and efficiently as we can. Issues considered by the council come with an immense amount of background information, all part of the decision making process. City staff does a great job providing this together with their thoughts and recommendations. Decisions we make will please some while disappointing others but at the end of the day that is what we are elected to do. I respect that process. I encourage you to go to any local news outlet and search my name. My positions on issues we have & do face are there.
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