John Adair: 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: NapervilleWebsite: Candidate did not respond.Office sought: Naperville City councilAge: 45Family: Married with 1 sonOccupation: Retired firefighter/paramedic, employed at Central DuPage HospitalEducation: Candidate did not respond.Civic involvement: Assistant Scoutmaster for a Naperville Boy Scout TroopElected offices held: Old Sawmill Homeowners Association, NapervilleHave you ever been arrested for or convicted of a crime? If yes, please explain: NoCandidate's Key Issues Key Issue 1 Restoring our Public Safety and city services back to what we had before the lay-offs.Key Issue 2 Stop poor spending choices by city council.Key Issue 3 Improving relations with the city work force.Questions Answers The city has slashed dozens of jobs in the last year in an attempt to balance the budget. Do you see more of this in the future?No, in fact I want to bring back staffing to our core departments such as fire and police to the standards they were at.Based on your experience as council member or mayor, are there any programs that you already know you would seek to eliminate if you were to be elected mayor?Candidate did not respond.What are your thoughts/concerns regarding the city creating a shuttle bus service to help seniors and others commute to and from the downtown and other popular locations?I would like to hear the proposed plan. I would be concerned with costs and actual use of the shuttle bus and what benefits the citizens would get from the shuttle bus.The city recently purchased the site of the DuPage Children's Museum on the city's north side. Do you support leaving the museum in place or freeing up the potentially valuable real estate at the city's northern border for economic development?The museum is here to stay now, the money given to them over the years would be wasted if we made them shut down now so the museum needs to operate on their own, no more tax money should be spent on the museum. The citizens I have talked to were not happy with the land purchase and how it was done so quickly, and all that was gained was some commuter parking spaces. The retired public works property would be better used for commuter parking as opposed to spending that amount of money on the museum.What can be learned from the furor over the city giving police officers 3 percent raises then enacting layoffs? How should the city deal with its unions? Should it agree to raises when it knows layoffs will be a result?I believe the city did not bargain in good faith on this issue. When they say okay to raises and then turn around and say the city cannot afford them, ending in reducing our police force, it makes the city look bad. Bargain in good faith, be blunt and say this is what we can give you and work together to find a common ground. The city employees are joining unions because they are unhappy with rising health care costs and pay freezes so bargaining with the unions is going to keep being a factor. Learn from the police contract and work with these groups to benefit both employees and tax payers.