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| Forest Gossett |
Name:
Forrest Gossett
Age:
58
Occupation:
Senior Manager, The Boeing Company
Contact
Phone: 636-887-0895
Email:
forrestsgossett@yahoo.com
Re-election
as Wentzville Ward 1 Alderman
Wentzville is a great place to live. We are blessed
with a good economic recovery, a housing market that is gaining momentum, great
service from city employees and a family and business friendly environment. With
the strong support of a terrific wife, Laurie, I have served the residents of
Ward 1 since April 2012 and helped produce positive results for our city. I am
asking Ward 1 residents for a second term.
Reason
for Seeking Re-Election:
As a city, we need
to continue the policies that have made city hall more approachable and
responsive over the last two years. I have delivered on promises: open
government, tight ethics laws, reducing property taxes, worked against a
property tax rate hike when home values dropped, focused on parks, and
accountability of tax dollars. I am available to our residents.
What
are your three priorities if elected?
1.
Continue improving services to our residents and business owners – and future
residents and business owners - which helps grow our economy. I remain
committed to open government.
2.
Push to further reduce the city's portion of property taxes, which we reduced
for tax year 2012, and blocked efforts to increase property tax rates in 2013
to compensate for a reduction in the city's assessed property values.
3. We've made
significant progress on Highway 61 safety.
We will continue working with MoDOT and St. Charles County to improve
Highway Z and Highway N. We need to continue repairing city streets, which had
been neglected for several years.
What
brief comment would you like the community to know about you?
I am a
husband, father and grandfather. I have solid business experience, which I have
used to guide my decision-making for the residents of Ward 1. I have earned an
MBA from Norwich University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from American
University in Washington, D.C. My experience includes serving on (and chairing)
a number of nonprofit boards, service on the boards of directors of four different
Chambers of Commerce and serving various enlisted and officer assignments in
the U.S. Army, Army Reserve and the Army National Guard. I am active in
children's ministry at Calvary West Church.
This guy needs to go. He drones on and on and seldom has a point. He adds very little to meeting but takes up an inordinate amount of time. The city needs leaders not someone who just likes the sound of their own voice.
ReplyDeleteThis guy likes to side with the developers, not the residents. He is a puppet of developers and Bill Luekenhaus and Rick Stokes who could care less about the residents. They are only worried about lining their own pockets.....
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