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Downtown parking, term limits split Village candidates
Kirsten Onsgard, Editor
Candidate Todd Morgan (right) listens as Frankfort Mayor
Jim Holland addresses the more than 50 residents in
attendance.
Mayoral and trustee candidates
made their case for
whether or not the current
administration could maintain
a high quality of life in
the growing village.
Mayoral candidate Todd
Morgan split with three-term
mayor Jim Holland over
issues including parking,
downtown development and
term limits during a candidate
forum hosted by the Old
Town Homeowners Association
Feb. 27 at St. Peter’s
United Church of Christ.
In addition to Morgan and
Holland — who now faces
his first challenger since
2005 — five candidates
made their case for a spot
on the Village Board: John
Clavio, an attorney and Lewis
University professor; former
fire captain and Harper
College fire science program
coordinator Samuel Giordano;
Trustee Keith Ogle,
who is president of an audio/video
company and was
appointed in 2015; Trustee
Dick Trevarthan, a retired
golf course superintendent
who first served in 1971; and
Trustee R. Douglas Walker,
an energy executive who has
served since 2001.
While all candidates urged
the need to maintain quality
developments and protect the
historic downtown district,
Morgan broke from Holland
over ideology, voicing his
concerns with the “direction
of the community and the disharmony
in the community.”
Morgan served as a Village
trustee for 14 years before
stepping down in July 2015,
when Ogle took over his position
on the board. He said
he decided to run for mayor
rather than trustee because the
mayor’s office drives policy.
“I don’t see everything in
Frankfort as just being perfect,”
Morgan said. “I see
much of it as perfect, but I
see a lot of issues that I’m
going to address.”
That split was first illustrated
during the night over
whether downtown parking
can accommodate residents
Mayoral candidate and former Frankfort trustee Todd
Morgan speaks to residents Feb. 27 during a candidate
forum hosted by the Old Town Homeowners Association
at St. Peter’s United Church of Christ. Photos by Julie
McMann/22nd Century Media
and employees in addition
to visitors during special
events. A study presented to
the Village last August determined
that Frankfort had
ample parking during typical
conditions.
“We have this influx that
comes in for our events, and
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