"Ad Fontes Fort Wayne" Debuts

Charles Langley, candidate for Fort Wayne City Council in the Fourth District, has launched a new online initiative at www.fwadfontes.blogspot.com :

"This is a serious time for Fort Wayne and we need serious discussion about the challenges and opportunities facing our community.

The purpose of this blog is to foster discussion regarding the current course and future path of Fort Wayne. Other writers have joined with me in this online pursuit and will also post on an occasional basis. All readers are encouraged to comment and respectfully post their thoughts as new posts are created. Comments will be moderated out of necessity, but I will post all honest and respectful replies.

Ad fontes is a Latin expression which literally translates "to the sources." This expression was given popular meaning during the Renaissance as a call to the government and others to return to their original, fundamental principles. With the current trend in government and politics, I am reviving the phrase as I firmly believe our community would be best served with a return to fundamental principles and ideas. More on this topic as posts are created."

Langley for City Council

5260 Coventry Lane

Fort Wayne, Indiana 46804

langleycml@verizon.net

260.432.1323

Fort Wayne UN-Observed

I understand that Mitch has been "busy" with the local primary and all (although he DID run unopposed) , but. . .

Posted on May 05, 2007 at 05:03 PM (Last date and time stamp at FWO)

Mitch? (chirping crickets) . . .

Karen Goldner Announces Candidacy for City Council

Fort Wayne, IN. Feb. 7:

Karen Goldner today announced her candidacy for Fort Wayne City Council, Second District. Speaking to a group of supporters at the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center, Goldner said, “Throughout my career, in public and private sector positions and in scores of volunteer activities, I have shown my dedication to taking on challenges and solving problems. I have established a track record of working to make Fort Wayne a place we can all be proud to call home – a track record of doing rather than just talking.”

Goldner, 43, has over twenty years of experience in economic and neighborhood development. “I believe that our city needs leadership with the kind of experience that I have,” Goldner said. “I have front-line experience helping businesses grow and prosper, hands-on experience helping workers improve their education and getting better jobs, and the community experience of making our neighborhoods safe havens and places that nurture the next generation. I know how to get things done. I know how to listen and then act. I believe in working hard and working together to make things happen.”

Goldner’s priorities will be focusing City Council’s attention on attracting and retaining quality jobs, protecting and supporting neighborhoods, encouraging fiscally responsible downtown development, and keeping property taxes as low as possible. “I know that tax dollars are our dollars, and that government’s first order of business is to make smart decisions, careful decisions, with our money,” said Goldner.

For more information about Goldner and her campaign, please refer to www.CitizensForGoldner.com

Note: The Innovation Center facility may be used by organizations and people
who are supportive of the Innovation Center’s entrepreneurial purposes and
mission subject to its policies. The Innovation Center is a community-based, nonprofit organization that is non-partisan and as such does not endorse specific
candidates for public office.

More on this story from The Fort Wayne Reader:

FIRST IN SECOND - “The First Choice for the Second District” gets Political Animal’s nod for the catchiest political slogan in some time. Credit it to Karen Goldner. The Democrat is kicking off her campaign to unseat looooooonnnnng time second district City Councilman Don Schmidt. Schmidt, a Republican, has been a member of city council since time began. An old-school conservative who remains sharp as a tack, Schmidt has faced minimal opposition in recent years. However, Goldner could change that. Widely viewed as intelligent, passionate and well-connected by observers on both sides of the political aisle, Goldner served as the city’s director of economic development and worked successfully under both Democrat and Republican administrations. Currently, she leads economic development initiatives for influential local businessman Don Willis’ AdVenture Fund.