HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979 09-27 Woman is one of five candidates THE DISPATCH Woman is
one of five
candidates
By SCOTT CARLSON
Staff Writer
Fran Juker admits the talk
about her has"boosted"her
spirits."
What's the talk?
Maplewood citizens are telling
\; her"it's time to get a woman on
'\i the council,"said Mrs. Juker,the
only woman among five City
Council candidates.
FOUR OF THE five candi-
dates will advance to the No-
vember generalelection
after+k
this Tuesday's primary
"I've gotten very goo i
responses,"Mrs.Juicer,a house-
wife,said about public:reaction
to her candidacy.
Mrs.Juker,a member of the
city Housing and Redevelopment
Authority(HRA),is vti ing for
one of two four-year council
seats,along with Ca,v Bastian,
incumbent Burton
ton Murdock,ei W Da-
vid Narog and
She said her primary concerns
include getting more citizens in-
volved in local government and
-responding to residents'con-
cerns.
Bastian, 30,an attorney and
the research director for the
state Senate Independent-Repu-
bican(I-R)Caucus,said of his
candidacy:"I think there is a
need for a younger person and
I for a person from the northern
part of the city to serve on the
council."
I He said his educational and ca-
reer background would help him
in dealing with housing,city
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Maplewood
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spending and community devel- about administrative staffing
opment. and pay raises.
"THE MAIN ISSUE is having N,. A member of the recent Citi-
a responsive council and admin-h zens'Wage Committee.Narog j
istration,"Bastian said. "People said he's also concerned with the
are concerned the council N effect high permit fees may have
doesn't listen to them." 0 on housing.
Murdock was elected to the "
council in 1972,defeated in a Wasiluk,a former member of
mayoral bid in 1977 and is nowthe North St.Paul-Maplewood-
serving out the unexpired term Oakdale School Board,said he's
of Roger Fontaine. concerned about city staffing
and pay raises.Wasiluk,now
"We need someone with sensi- retired,said he wants to cut city
ble ideas for development,"he taxes.
said of his candidacy.
"I think we have double taxa-
"Another item we'll have to tion going on,"he said about citi-
wrestle with is the ever increas- zens who pay general taxes and
ing costs of government,"said then are levied assessments for
Murdock,an owner of a plumb- improvement projects.
ing business.
Wasiluk said he'd also like to
Narog,an employee in the see the city establish a public
North St. Paul engineering works fund.