Name, age, and address
Steve Arnold, 59
2530 Targhee St, Fitchburg 53711
Job
Practice Director
Information Technology Strategy and Information Security
University of Wisconsin-Madison E-Business Consortium
Political experience
Fitchburg Alder, District 4, Seat 7, since 2005
Other public service
Fitchburg government:
Vice Chair, Public Safety and Human Services Committee, since 2005
Transportation and Transit Commission, since 2004; Chair, 2005-2007
Resource Conservation Commission, since 2007
Broadband Telecommunications Commission, 2005-2007
Chair, Northeast Neighborhood Land Use Committee, since 2008
North McGaw Neighborhood Plan Steering Committee, since 2008
Vice Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Substation Facility Planning, 2006
Other organizations:
Past Vice President, Byrnewood Neighborhood Association
Fitchburg District 4 Captain, Obama Campaign for Change
Working group member, Dane County Council of Governments
Land Use Action Team leader, Dane County United
Volunteer, Meals on Wheels
Volunteer, The Road Home (formerly Interfaith Hospitality Network)
Key Club member, United Way of Dane County
Education
Ph.D. in ecology and statistics, Cornell University, 1978
MA in environmental engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 1972
BA in natural sciences, The Johns Hopkins University, 1971
If elected, what would you do differently than your opponent?
It is not at all clear to me what my opponent would do if elected, so I will not speak to that.
If elected, I will continue to work to make Fitchburg ever more
beautiful, livable, and sustainable for all residents, now and in the
future. I will continue to work for:
Complete, compact, and connected new neighborhoods
Environmental (including climate) protection
Fitchburg's first municipal library
Metro bus service improvements
Better bicycle and pedestrian facilities
A regional transportation authority
High-capacity public transportation
Farmland preservation
Local government efficiency and transparency
What is the biggest challenge facing the city council, and how would you address it?
Our energy market (peak oil) and environment (global warming) are changing as rapidly as our economy. The Common Council's challenge is to prepare city government and the public for the dramatically changed world of the future, where our attention is on food security and clean air and water, where our economy is more local, and where we will strive to come into a sustainable balance with each other and with the natural systems on which life depends.
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