Open Letter To Mayor Daniel Biss From 2nd, 9th Ward Evanston Residents

Mayor Biss;

With respect for your years of service to our state and community, we , the undersigned residents of the 2nd and 9th wards, write to express our dismay at the letter we received from you on March 9, via email, endorsing two candidates running for the 2nd and 9th ward seats on council. While we recognize your right to have appointed both of the candidates who are currently seated and are now running in this special election, we firmly believe that it is the sole responsibility of the voters to choose our ward’s Council member. To use your powerful position as Mayor as an influencer through this widely distributed letter, is in our opinion, way out of bounds and wildly inappropriate. The residents of the 2nd and 9th wards are very capable of doing our own research, attending forums, speaking with each candidate and evaluating them on their individual merits. We can then independently and democratically choose the candidate that we would like to represent us on council.

Respectfully yours;

Jevoid Simmons, Dickelle Fonda, Laura Montenegro, Michael Montenegro, Joanne Zolomij, Cicely Fleming, Shoshana Elkin Waskow, Charlene Bos, Nancy Floy, Larry Akey, Cindy Levitt, Diana Anton, Donovan Mixon.

This letter to the editor was provided by the Evanston residents listed above. The views expressed here are the authors' own.