Kee D. Shin: 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: oak brookWebsite: Candidate did not respond.Office sought: Oak Brook Village boardAge: 65Family: Married, 3 children, 9 grandchildrenOccupation: PhysicianEducation: Medical Doctor, School of Medicine, Kyung Buk National University, Taegu, Korea, 1969Civic involvement: Korean-American Association, Korean Medical Association, Medical Staff of Good Samaritan Hospital, Medical Staff of Hinsdale HospitalElected offices held: President of Medical Staff of Good Samaritan Hospital, 2006-2007Board member of Midwest Club HOA, Oak Brook, 2004-2005President of North American Alumni, School of Medicine, Kyung Buk National University,2004Vice President, Korean American Medical Association of Midwest, 1998Vice Chairman of Board of Trustee, Korean American Association, MidwestHave you ever been arrested for or convicted of a crime? If yes, please explain: NoCandidate's Key Issues Key Issue 1 open, efficient and civilized discussions at Trustee meeting along with clear and clean decision making without any personal agenda.Key Issue 2 appropriate and efficient use of public money for the village, reduce wasting, avoid inappropriate use of public money including taxes, and increase of revenue source through bringing in new businesses, and by connecting business to business to retain any business events of company, such any meetings and conventions etc. in our Village, with mutual benefits and sale taxes benefit to VillageKey Issue 3 need to take full advantage of location of Oak Brook to achieve deserved Oak Brook property value-4 interstate high ways, close proximity from airports by high way to high way connection and cultural connection to Chicago including arts, museums, sports music and opera etc,Questions Answers What impact do you think staff and budget cutbacks have had on village services? Are there any cuts you would restore? If more cutbacks need to be made, what would your priorities be?I believe that the duty of any Village or city is to provide safety and security, conveniency and comforts, and make every citizen proud of being a citizen of such Village. I will study in detail, keeping above principals in mind and provide to citizen as much as possible.Should Oak Brook consider levying a property tax if sales tax revenues continue to be sluggish?No. The idea should be how to improve sales tax revenues. Time of economy downturn is the time of creation and innovation.Oak Brook's firefighters have been without a contract for more than two years. Before that, the police worked without a contract for an extended time. How would you approach negotiations with public employee unions?As I don't have full details yet( I am not incumbent) , I need to study ""why no contract more than 2 years"" for firefighters, how the police contract issue was resolved before making ""how to approach"".What is your opinion on privatization of city services to save money (for example, hiring more contract firefighters and dispatchers)?saving money is good but not always. First consideration should be what impacts it will create to city and citizen, how reliable and timely. Such as the exampled service : firefighters and dispatchers are not just money issue but involving life of citizens. So it should have a lot more thorough study than just money savings.What should the village do about rising pension costs?should approach with practical sense rather than emotionally, hopefully both side will be reasonable. Given economy today we need to look into how we could improve the pension situation. The pensioners should remember not to kill the golden egg laying goose.