Activist Toolkit

[Margaret “Marge” Paul has not submitted answers to the Activist Toolkit questionnaire.]

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1. What motivates you to seek this office? What skills, experiences, and perspectives would you bring, and why would those contributions be valuable in the office you are seeking?

2. When in the past have you had to balance competing interests? What process did you use? What did you learn?

3. What does transparency in government mean to you?  How would you put it into practice? 

4. As more of our local discourse happens in social media, what is your view on how local elected officials should communicate with and respond to constituents? How will you engage with the breadth of the community, and not only those on social media?

5. What barriers do you see for community members who wish to engage with Berwyn’s city government? How would you work to reduce or eliminate those barriers?  

6. What do you feel are the most important issues facing Berwyn, and what steps can you take as Clerk to address them? 

7. How do you define equity? Have recent events and discussions in the larger community informed or changed your thinking? 

8. How do you plan to solicit feedback from people who may be experiencing Berwyn in a different way than you? What barriers do you believe may exist in this process?

9. Name an influential Berwyn community member. How did this person’s influence change Berwyn? As an elected official, what do you imagine your influence will be on the community?

10. How will you as Clerk encourage the youth of Berwyn to interact and engage with the city government? 

11. What do you see as the most important responsibilities of the Clerk’s office? Do you see opportunities for the office to do more? 

12. Many Berwyn residents have expressed confusion about the disparate roles of the City and the Township, particularly in the past year as the importance of the Health Department increased due to the pandemic. Do you believe action is necessary to increase public awareness of the various taxing bodies and their functions? What steps would you take?

13. As an elected official, what lessons will you draw from the experience of the pandemic about the purpose and role of government?