Frank A. Lazzara: Candidate Profile

Note: Answers provided have not been edited for grammar, misspellings or typos. In some instances, candidate claims that could not be immediately verified have been omitted. Jump to:BioKey IssuesQA Bio City: Wood DaleWebsite: Candidate did not respond.Office sought: Wood Dale Alderman, Ward 1Age: 56Family: Married, 3 children, 3 grandchildrenOccupation: Self employed. Trucking business.Education: Associates Degree in Business Management.Civic involvement: Knights Of Columbus.Member of Illinois Parks and Recreation.Sons Of Italy.NESRA member.City of Wood Dale CERT MemberElected offices held: Current:City of Wood Dale Park Commissioner (2005-present).Have you ever been arrested for or convicted of a crime? If yes, please explain: NoCandidate's Key Issues Key Issue 1 The Irving Park Road and Wood Dale Road train track underpass. I am against it.Key Issue 2 The re-development of Irving Park Road corridor.Key Issue 3 Keeping the water rates down. No need to keep raising rates.Questions Answers After an elected official borrowed city money to pay for health insurance, explain why you believe the measures put in place to prevent this in the future are either sufficient or insufficient?I feel they are sufficient as long as staff sees them through.Last year, Wood Dale was one of the few municipalities in DuPage County that did not suffer layoffs or cutbacks as a result of the recession. How do you think Wood Dale can sustain this balance during continued economic struggles?As always, keep the spending down. If we don't have the money in the budget it has to wait until we do. Government must be run like a business.When the new $1.27 Metra station came to Wood Dale last year, the hope was that it would spark residential and commercial growth in downtown. Is that happening? If not, what will it take to make that happen?No it is not happening. Lets face reality, it's going to take a healthy economy for our downtown area to grow. We have to continue to always look at ways to make our downtown area more appealing to residents and developers. Such as the Wood Dale Park District did with developing Top Golf on Thorndale. Do you think plans for a ""corporate Main Street"" in the Thorndale Corridor are the best way to capitalize on the Elgin-O'Hare Expansion? Why?At this point I would say yes, of course. But do we really know when that could happen? When those plan get closer we will be ready.What do you think is the best way to deal with existing businesses and homes who are in the Thorndale Corridor but don't fit into the Corporate Main Street plan?Not to repeat myself, but until those plans get closer to becoming real, we should allow any existing business and homes alone.