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We recommend the re-election of Michael Lyons
Published on Friday, Nov 02, 2007
Although the potential for another runoff no longer exists, the race between Lyons and Beshara does involve a different kind of political drama. The underlying question is how the village will grow and develop over the long run, how it will balance a rural character with a location between two big cities and easy access to the highway.
With all that in mind, we recommend the re-election of Michael Lyons on Nov. 6.
Lyons, 53, has the right perspective needed to continue an orderly, thoughtful approach to the village's future. A former 14-year member of the Village Council, he is law director for the city of Norton and active in county and regional associations that deal with, among other issues, the potential for communities to work together more closely.
His top priority for a second term is a comprehensive update of the village's master plan, last updated a decade ago. Lyons is hardly anti-growth. He would continue efforts to develop commercial and industrial areas, helping the village's tax base, and extend water and sewer lines to existing residential areas. He is not anxious to see a burst of new residential development that strains village services.
Beshara, 51, a risk management administrator, does background checks for a youth soccer association. She has served 12 years on the Village Council. Beshara's main goal now is to shift the village's priorities to respond more to short-term needs.
She is critical, for example, of recent purchases of land for open space and passive recreation, actually wise moves by Lyons. Instead, Beshara would focus her attention on extending water and sewer lines to village residents who need service, redeveloping the Brecksville Road commercial area and encouraging new housing for senior citizens.
Beshara is enthusiastic and knows the village. She lacks the longer view so essential for the village and so apparent in the record of Michael Lyons.
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