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    Clair Donnelly

    Current Mayor, City of Maize / Parts Associate, Adventure RV and Truck Center
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    Entrepreneur
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Clair Donnelly
Thomas Reed
  1. Biographical Information
  2. Why are you running?
  3. Why should voters consider you the most qualified candidate? What in your background most prepares you to serve as mayor?
  4. How would you lead the city as mayor? Give us an idea of your leadership style and how you would approach the position.
  5. What is the biggest issue facing your city, and what would you do to address it? Please be specific.
  6. What other priorities would you have as mayor, and how would you address them?
  7. Please state, in detail, your position on open records, meetings and openness and transparency in gov-ernment.
Clair Donnelly: I am the current Mayor of Maize and have some projects working that I would like to see finished. Some of which are: Improve Maize road to five lane, north to K-96, with signal lights at 53 rd amd Maize road. Improve 37th street, Tyler to Maize roads to four lanes with center turn lanes and signal lights at Maize road and 37th street.
Clair Donnelly: Business owner 10 years. Supervisor-12 years/ Manager 5 years Raytheon Aircraft Company. Served as town representative for Maize youth baseball programs. Served on Maize Fall Festival and Centennial committees. Served on planning commission. Served 10 years city council. Served 6 years as Mayor. Attended many League of Kansas Municipalities work shops.
Clair Donnelly: As Mayor I meet with city administrator weekly to stay informed on current activities and agenda for monthy council meetings.
Clair Donnelly: High Taxes and Water bills. What the city needs is big water users such as hotel and industrial users. Also working continually on economic development.
Clair Donnelly: Improve current parks. Working with Maize Park and Tree board to reach this goal. Economic development, working with the city administrator, city council and city staff to find ways to get more business, industrial and roof tops in Maize.
Clair Donnelly: I am a firm beliver in openness and transparency in all government. I belive all meetings, except validly called executive sessions must be open to the public. No secret ballots or action. Binding action may be taken only in public view. Notice of meetings and copies of agendas must be made available to those who request them.
Age: 74
Education/Degrees: High School Diploma
Occupation: Current Mayor, City of Maize / Parts Associate, Adventure RV and Truck Center / Retired, Raytheon Aircraft Company
Community Involvement: Served as town representative for Maize youth programs / Served on Maize Fall Festival and Centennial committees
Political experience: Served on Maize planning commission / Served ten years on city council / Served six years as Mayor
How long lived in district: 38 years
Endorsements: none
Campaign Phone: none
E-mail: cdonnelly1@cox.net
Web site: none
Social media (list any pages on Facebook, MySpace, etc.): none
Thomas Reed: The City of Maize is a rapidly growing community, strong leadership is needed. Creating an open-door policy in which citizens feel free to express their opinions and concerns is vital. An open forum involving cittizens in decision making will help build a strong community.
Thomas Reed: I am willing to listen to everyone's opinion and weigh that in my decision. As a self-employed individual in the Maize community for the last 29 years I am aware of past issues and know of present issues facing the city at large. Running a long-time business in a relatively small community gives me insight into how citizens are treated and what needs to be done.
Thomas Reed: I would lead the city in a serious yet straightforward manner, keeping a light atmosphere to facilitate an open and transparent city office.
Thomas Reed: High taxes and expensive monthly utility bills are a huge issue facing the Maize community. Using good common sense in day-to-day operations along with strengthening our infrastructure will help us lower the mill levy and monthly utility bills.
Thomas Reed: Drainage and safety are also important issues facing Maize. By working with K&O Railroad to vacate the tracks running through Maize, we can work to prevent trains from blocking emergency access to the community and allow for coordination of drainage usage of the right-of-way.
Thomas Reed: Transparency in government is essential. Secrecy only leads to dishonesty, creating mistrust. As a city we should be willing to utilize our local television channel to broadcast all city meetings for citizens to view. The open-door policy I will implement will encourage citizen involvement.
Age: 48
Education/Degrees: Maize High Graduate; specialized training certifications
Occupation: Founder and Co-Owner of D&R Motors
Community Involvement: Continuous supporter of the Maize Fall Festival; Active in Maize Pride; Team Leader for Neighbors in Need Project; Active member of Maize High Band Boosters; Team Leader for Help Your Neighbor Day 2009; Assist with Society of St. Vincent de Paul Cars for the Poor Program
How long lived in district: 35 years
Endorsements: Maize Watchdoggers
Campaign Phone: (316)208-4090
E-mail: creed41@cox.net

The Wichita Eagle invited candidates in some contested races in Sedgwick, Butler and Sumner counties to respond to questions about key issues. You can compare the candidates and their responses side by side, and create your own printable or e-mailable ballot. The responses are largely unedited and presented as the candidates sent them to us.