The Spring election will be held on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018. There are eight candidates running for the Mount Pleasant Village Trustee seats. We reached out to each candidate. Follow the links to learn more about them. Village Trustee No. 2 Candidates : Donald Schulz Bud Eastman Village Trustee No. 4 Candidates: Gary Feest (i) […]
Tag: Anna Marie Clausen
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Anna Marie Clausen: Candidate Interview for Village Trustee No. 6
Anna Marie Clausen Name three long-term goals you have for the village and why you chose them. 1. Hold the line on property taxes. Residents retain more disposable income and stimulate the local economy. 2. Focus on economic growth and help small businesses flourish. Small businesses are the lifeblood of the community. If they […]
Posted inElections, Letter to the Editor
Opinion: Golden Parachutes Lay A Goose Egg in Mount Pleasant
On April 13, 2015 in his last meeting as Mount Pleasant Village President, Mark Gleason put forward a measure on the agenda to guarantee a six month severance package for all village department heads fired for any reason other than “just cause.” This “golden parachute” deal for department heads was a complete surprise it […]
Posted inCommunity, Government
Highway V Project At Center Of Candidate Forum
The very issue that prompted many of the candidates to run for two Mount Pleasant village trustee positions became a central issue in a candidate forum held at the Mount Pleasant Village Hall on Thursday. Residents who live on Highway V are vehemently opposed to having sewer and water extended along the road because preliminary figures […]
Posted inElections, Government
Letter to the Editor: Clausen Running for Re-Election in Mount Pleasant
**Editor’s Note: This Letter to the Editor was submitted by Mount Pleasant Trustee Anna Marie Clausen. My name is Anna Marie Clausen, and I am running for re-election as a Trustee-Seat #6, in the Village of Mount Pleasant. Accomplishments: 2014 – Present Trustee Anna Marie Clausen The past two years have been very busy! Here […]
Posted inCommunity, Government, Letter to the Editor
Letter To The Editor: Board Member Explains Committee Appointments Decision
Editor’s Note: This is letter to the editor was written by Mount Pleasant Village Board Member Anna Marie Clausen about her decision to not approve several of newly elected village president Jerry Garski’s committee appointments. I sent the following response to an email the Trustees received this morning about the proposed committee appointments at last […]
Posted inGovernment
Improving Communication Spurs Clausen’s Run
After attending village board meetings for over a year and getting familiar with how Mount Pleasant government works, Anna Marie Clausen decided it was time to run for a seat on the board. “I’ve been going to the meetings for over a year and I felt I could possibly make a contribution; particularly with […]