Rethink College Park

On January 16th, the city of College Park will be holding a special election to fill two vacancies on the City Council. A description of the two districts where the election will be held is to the right in red, and the city has posted some information about the election including a link to the absentee ballot application. Any registered voter who will be “unavoidably absent” from College Park on election day can request an absentee ballot at least 7 days before the election, so the deadline is January 9th. Although it is too late to register to vote for this election, we suggest confirming your district and registration status before election day.

In order to learn more about the candidates and their views about the city’s development, we will be conducting a candidate survey. We will post the results from the survey to the site this Friday, January 5th. The final list of candidates are as follows:

District 3:
Stephanie Stullich
Robert Massey
Jutta Hagner

District 4:
Mary Cook
Nick Aragon
Linda Lynch
Rosario (Russell) Scarato

We have contacted all the candidates and all but one have either completed our candidate questionnaire or promised to send it before the deadline. Click “read more” to read the questions we have circulated.

RETHINK COLLEGE PARK JAN. 16th SPECIAL ELECTION QUESTIONNAIRE

Name:
Campaign website URL:
How voters can reach you (phone, email, or website – your preference):

In four sentences or less …

1. If elected, what will be your top priorities as a city council member?

2. What does a “great college town” mean to you?

3. What would you like College Park to look like in 30 years?

4. What do you think is the ideal mix of retail for the city? If elected, what would you do to achieve it?

5. How do you feel about high density construction (9 - 16 stories)?

6. What is your position on the Connector Road and why?

7. Do you support the Purple Line?

8. How do you think the city council can work to alleviate the student housing crunch?

9. Do you support owner occupancy requirements for new residential developments? Where would you like to see students living in the city?

10. If elected, how will you engage the city and campus communities?

11. What special ideas or plans would you like our readers to know about? (optional)