9/17/2009 6:00:00 AM
Mossberg back for seconds
P&Z commissioner to make 2nd run for Council
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| JAMES CHILTON/Miner
Planning and Zoning Commissioner Allen Mossberg puts the finishing touches on his Statement of Organization in City Clerk Debbie Francis' office Monday evening. Mossberg will be running for the Kingman City Council in next spring's election.
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KINGMAN - Planning and Zoning Commissioner Allen Mossberg has once again thrown his hat into the upcoming City Council elections.
Mossberg, who moved to Kingman in 2004, was one of nine Council candidates who ran in 2008, though he lost in the primaries with only 19 percent of the vote.
He sought to expand his public profile by applying for and winning a seat on the Planning and Zoning Commission last April, following Commissioner Jim Cave's resignation, and was appointed to a full three-year term on the commission in December.
Mossberg admitted the political climate in Kingman has leveled out from the strong atmosphere of public distrust that overshadowed the '08 elections. Even so, he said he still thinks he can make a difference and provide further "There's been a lot of changes since 2007, but my biggest platform (remains) accountability and open communications, which is what several of us ran on last time," Mossberg said Tuesday. "We still need to be accountable to our actions and what we do for the public, since they're our boss basically. We work for them."
A longtime veteran of the wholesale plumbing industry, Mossberg retired from the trade shortly after the economic downturn hit Kingman. If elected, he said economic growth will be an important priority, though he wants any such growth to be responsible, as well.
"I'm pro-growth. We do need to get growth going; but we need to make sure what comes in is compatible with the General Plan," Mossberg said. "I would stand with (Councilwoman Robin) Gordon again. I still want to help do something for downtown."
Mossberg said he also wishes to tackle some of Kingman's $280 million capital improvements wish list, particularly those items that relate to public safety, including the construction of a new fire station for the eastern bench area and more money for necessary emergency communications equipment. However, Mossberg said he would prefer to gradually fund these projects year by year rather than pursue a bond issue, which he said could tie up the city's liquidity in the event an emergency comes up.
"We can chip away at it slowly without breaking the bank," Mossberg said. "If we do little things at a time to focus on getting something accomplished, before you know it, in two or three years we will have chipped away a big chunk."
Mossberg added that he is in favor of Council's recent decision to pursue raising the city's bed tax to pay for economic development initiatives, provided those initiatives give tourists some reason to want to come to Kingman.
"As long as it's not coming out of the pockets of Kingmanites," Mossberg said. "If we need to have something, I'm for letting the tourists pay for it before we have to pay for it. But in saying that, we have to do something for the tourists at the same time - if you're going to take something, you've got to give something, basically."
Mossberg is the first non-incumbent to submit his candidacy paperwork to the city clerk's office thus far, but he's not the only one. Clean City Commissioner Erin Cochran also turned in her $500 exemption statement earlier this week. Look for more information on Cochran in a future edition of the Miner.
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Posted: Thursday, September 17, 2009
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I hope the Miner will put a picture and article about Erin, who also picked up applications. She also serves on a City Commission.
Posted: Thursday, September 17, 2009
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You go allen hope u get it this time
Posted: Thursday, September 17, 2009
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Loyd
Ah-haa, another "one-brick-at-a-time" mason in the line-up. The political posters heralding the mighty trowel will be rolling off the presses any day now. Could a solution to the illegal immigration problem be nigh at hand?
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