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hplandmark.com Election 2019<br />
the highland park landmark | April 11, 2019 | 3<br />
Highland Park Mayor<br />
Rotering wins third term as Mayor<br />
Erin Yarnall, Editor<br />
Mayor Nancy Rotering<br />
will serve as Highland<br />
Park’s mayor for yet another<br />
term, after handily<br />
winning the election.<br />
Rotering was challenged<br />
by Highland Park business<br />
owner Bob Crimo, who<br />
said he ran for the office<br />
because “no one should<br />
ever run unopposed.”<br />
Rotering received 70.1<br />
percent of the vote, with<br />
1,688 votes. Crimo received<br />
29.9 percent of the<br />
vote, with 720 votes.<br />
“I’ve been thinking<br />
about this for four years<br />
and I didn’t like the way<br />
things were moving forward<br />
with the City,” Crimo<br />
said. “I thought I would<br />
throw my name in the<br />
ring.”<br />
Crimo said that one<br />
thing he would have<br />
changed in the City, had<br />
he been elected, was he<br />
would have “had more input<br />
from the people.”<br />
Crimo also noted the<br />
developments being proposed<br />
throughout the City,<br />
and said that the Mayor<br />
needs to “look at the longterm”<br />
impacts of the development,<br />
rather than<br />
“just the short-term.”<br />
He said that now that the<br />
campaign is over, he is going<br />
to “move on with [his]<br />
life.”<br />
“I have no regrets,” Crimo<br />
said. “I’m glad I did<br />
it. I would probably do it<br />
again.”<br />
Rotering said that she is<br />
excited to begin her third<br />
term as Mayor, and is looking<br />
forward to working<br />
with the other government<br />
bodies within the City.<br />
“It’s such an honor to be<br />
reelected to serve our community<br />
for a third term,”<br />
Rotering said. “I love this<br />
job, I love the opportunity<br />
to work with the different<br />
neighborhoods, and<br />
to work with our school<br />
districts and park districts<br />
to make our town the special<br />
place that it’s always<br />
been.”<br />
In her upcoming term,<br />
Rotering said she wants to<br />
work more with Highland<br />
Park youth — something<br />
that she said has been her<br />
favorite part of the job<br />
throughout the past eight<br />
years.<br />
“If we can continue to<br />
lead by example, and build<br />
a future generation of leaders<br />
who recognize that it is<br />
Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering (center) watches election results come in<br />
April 2 at Ravinia Brewery, with her husband, Rob (left) and son, Jack (right). Erin<br />
Yarnall/22nd Century Media<br />
all about helping move out<br />
community and the communities<br />
around us forward,<br />
and build on that for<br />
the future, then I feel like<br />
we’re doing our job well,”<br />
Rotering said.<br />
She also credited the<br />
Highland Park City Council,<br />
whom she works closely<br />
with, saying the Council<br />
has “done an excellent job<br />
of focusing on the things<br />
that really matter in our<br />
communities.”<br />
Rotering said throughout<br />
her next four years as<br />
Mayor, she hopes to build<br />
on Highland Park’s legacy<br />
— something that is especially<br />
relevant in 2019,<br />
Highland Park’s sesquicentennial<br />
year.<br />
“We want to continue<br />
Highland Park’s tradition<br />
of being a wonderful place<br />
to raise a family, a wonderful<br />
place to come back to<br />
when you’re a senior citizen<br />
and a wonderful place<br />
to be a kid,” Rotering said.<br />
“I look forward to the next<br />
four years as an opportunity<br />
to not only build on<br />
that legacy, but to continue<br />
to move us forward.”<br />
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