Iwish to offer my strong support for the city manager proposal described in Alderman Carl Franco’s letter to the Aurora Beacon-News published on Sunday, Nov. 2.

With the exception of a short stint teaching high school social studies and middle school language arts, my 25-year career in local and regional government included assignments with the South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association; the city of Missoula, Montana; the Will County Land Use Department; and 13 years with the city of Aurora (1999-2012).

During those years, I was a member of the International City/County Management Association https://icma.org/, the Ely Chapter of Lambda Alpha https://lai.org/, and the American Planning Association https://www.planning.org/. My career and memberships in these organizations were driven

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