Our questions for the Ward 4 City Council candidates

We took the feedback we got from our call for questions for the Ward 4 candidates and put together the following five-part questionnaire. We’re going to send them out to the Ward 4 candidates today, and release their answers a day at a time starting next Monday:

1.) Does Prairie Village need to expand its tax base? If so, how should that be accomplished?

2.) Facing pressure from neighborhood groups in early February, the City Council voted to stop a planned public input process to develop a comprehensive plan for the Mission Valley Middle School site and surrounding areas. It would have cost $90,000 of taxpayer money. Did the council make the right decision, or should they have proceeded with the public input process?

3.) Do you support the idea of finding a dedicated revenue source to fund the city’s Parks Master Plan? If so, what should that funding source be?

4.) What’s the biggest issue facing Ward 4 right now? What’s the biggest issue facing the city as a whole?

5.) What’s your overall vision for the city What’s one new initiative you would propose if elected?