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Hollywood Park council candidates emphasize streets, public safety and budget at forum
Summary
At a spring candidate forum, incumbents and challengers for Hollywood Park City Council outlined priorities including street repairs, protecting the local police and fire departments, park improvements and long-term budget planning ahead of the May election.
At a candidate forum in Hollywood Park this spring, candidates for City Council presented competing priorities and repeatedly raised the condition of local streets, funding for the town’s police and fire departments, and long-term budget planning.
The forum brought together Jim Rodriguez (incumbent, Place 1), challenger Alan Sale (candidate, Place 1), Dale Randall (incumbent, Place 3, running unopposed) and Glenna Pierce (incumbent, Place 5, running unopposed). Stan Hartzler moderated the event and Janette Huggins served as city secretary during the forum. The election is scheduled for May 3, 2025, and, as was announced at the forum, early voting begins April 22, 2025.
“The deterioration of the streets… I thought I needed to do something about it,” said Jim Rodriguez, describing why street repairs are a top priority. Rodriguez, an engineer by training who said he has lived in Hollywood Park for more than three decades, said he supports a program of crack sealing and targeted repairs to extend pavement life…
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