- Experience and proven success, or Inexperience and lack of preparation
Who are the best qualified candidates to address and resolve the issues?
Dedicated people with multiple years of pertinent experience and proven track records of success. These are the people we all need to serve as Mayor and Carefree Town Council members.
In recent years, major projects, such as consolidating water service for all Carefree residents within the Carefree Water Company, have been completed or are nearing completion. These have made progress only through the experience and dedication of members of the Town Council and Staff. Experience which they acquired over years of service to the Town, working tirelessly to develop solutions tailored to fit the needs and desires of Carefree residents and to be affordable within existing spending limitations. - Working with me, the Town Council members driving these successful efforts have been Vice Mayor John Crane and Council members Cheryl Kroyer, Tony Geiger, Stephen Hatcher, Vince D’Aliesio and Michael Johnson. Sheila Amoroso has also made significant contributions over the past year as a leader of the Fire/Safety Committee.
Without this experience and dedication of the Town Council members, many of the recent major projects would not have moved forward to completion. Click on the Town of Carefree web-site for detailed plans, including the costs, for every functional area. Solid, tailored and cost effective solutions, reflecting resident involvement and input at every step along the way. The continued successful operation of Carefree flows directly from this organized approach. - In contrast, a few people with little or no involvement in Town or community activities since moving to Carefree a few years ago have recently surfaced to run for Carefree Mayor and Town Council members. They are unprepared for this challenge because they offer no hint that they even know what the most relevant issues facing Carefree are. Instead, rather than putting forth a platform of initiatives they believe would strengthen Carefree, they criticize the work of the Carefree Town Council, Town residents and outside experts who are working on these projects.
- If these people who recently moved to Carefree were elected, Carefree residents will suffer from their inexperience and lack of preparation. I will vote for John Crane to be the Mayor of Carefree starting with the next term, and the current motivated and proven Town Council members listed above. I urge Carefree residents to carefully consider the likely consequences of their vote, and do likewise.
Les Peterson
Carefree Mayor
