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Riverside’s president and three trustee positions are up for election for April 7 and both parties have announced their candidates.
New this year, the Riverside Community Alliance group announced Friday its slate for the elections.
The candidates are Michael Gorman, village president, and James Reynolds, Lonnie Sacchi and Mark Shevitz, trustee.
Mark Shevitz said the RCA started out as a loose issue-based group in 2007. The tax increment finance district was the first issue with which the RCA got involved and voiced opinion. In November, the tax increase referendum was an issue its members were strongly against — along with 80 percent of the voters, Shevitz said.
“We decided the best way to stop fighting it is to run for Village Board and work to create positive changes in the village,” Shevitz said.
Shevitz said the RCA candidates want to offer residents a real choice, a real difference and a real change to policies voters have declined in the past.
The candidates for the Riverside Party are: Trustee Kevin Smith, for village president, and David Lesniak, Kelly Navarro and Anthony Meizio for trustee.
The Riverside Party candidates have been selected by the Riverside Caucus, which serves as a recruiting and screening process for potential candidates. Candidates were informally announced Nov. 24.
Smith said the goal of the caucus is to come up with the best candidates possible for the Village Board.
“The individual candidates may run as a slate and form a party or they can run independents,” he said. “The name of the party changes from election to election. This year is Riverside Party.”
Riverside’s president and three trustee positions are up for election for April 7 and both parties have announced their candidates.
New this year, the Riverside Community Alliance group announced Friday its slate for the elections.
The candidates are Michael Gorman, village president, and James Reynolds, Lonnie Sacchi and Mark Shevitz, trustee.
Mark Shevitz said the RCA started out as a loose issue-based group in 2007. The tax increment finance district was the first issue with which the RCA got involved and voiced opinion. In November, the tax increase referendum was an issue its members were strongly against — along with 80 percent of the voters, Shevitz said.
“We decided the best way to stop fighting it is to run for Village Board and work to create positive changes in the village,” Shevitz said.
Shevitz said the RCA candidates want to offer residents a real choice, a real difference and a real change to policies voters have declined in the past.
The candidates for the Riverside Party are: Trustee Kevin Smith, for village president, and David Lesniak, Kelly Navarro and Anthony Meizio for trustee.
The Riverside Party candidates have been selected by the Riverside Caucus, which serves as a recruiting and screening process for potential candidates. Candidates were informally announced Nov. 24.
Smith said the goal of the caucus is to come up with the best candidates possible for the Village Board.
“The individual candidates may run as a slate and form a party or they can run independents,” he said. “The name of the party changes from election to election. This year is Riverside Party.”
