Patch Election Q&A: Question #5

The fifth and final in our in-depth Q&A series with the Montgomery Village Board candidates.

Andre Salles, Patch Staff

Posted Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 1:24 am CT|Updated Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 3:41 am CT

Welcome to the final Patch Q&A with the Montgomery Village Board candidates. All week we’ve been bringing you the candidates’ answers to your questions, and here is where we wrap things up.

We asked all seven a series of five questions, taken from suggestions either emailed in from readers or posted to this site. The candidates were given no word limit, so some of these answers can get a little long. That’s why we’ve linked them all separately below.

The first four questions are , , here and here.

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Here’s the fifth question:

How can the village better engage its residents to participate in city government? Very few citizens attend village meetings. How can this be changed? What have you, specifically, done to get more people interested in their government?