The Issues

Public safety is one of my top priorities as mayor. I voted this past year to hire additional police and firefighters, which will help ensure we are safer and reduce overtime pay for the village.

We’ll do more when I’m mayor to tear down vacant and abandoned homes, and reduce the number of squatters and drug dealers that pose a threat.

And when it comes to seniors, we’ll work hard to give them peace of mind by:

• Creating a senior citizen police academy and community police station to help residents participate in protecting their town
• Initiating a “senior ride” program for transportation throughout Rich Township
• Creating a “home alone” senior registry to check periodically on seniors and help them remove snow in the winter
• Partnering with Franciscan Health St. James Hospital for an annual Senior Health Care Symposium

We will work together to provide the protection and sense of security Matteson needs.

Sheila

A brighter future only comes when trust is strong in our village leadership. I will take some important steps within my first 100 days in office to restore that trust:

• Cutting the salary of the mayor by 50 PERCENT
• Ending government-leased vehicles for the mayor
• Ending the blatant hiring of family members of elected officials
• Ending the subsidized health insurance provided to village trustees

As mayor, I am committed to ensuring public service is truly about the people, not the perks.

Sheila

My pledge to you as mayor is to make economic development a reality in Matteson.

As chairwomen of the Economic Development Committee for the past four years, I’ve already shown some important results:

• Brookmere Subdivision
• Renovation of the Holiday Inn
• Construction of the new strip malls on Route 30 and Cicero that include Chipotle, Giordano’s and Five Guys
• Expansion of the multi-million dollar Applewood Senior Living complex

What’s next? As mayor, I’ll work on:

• Demolishing and redeveloping the Lincoln Mall property
• Building a grocery store
• Redeveloping the strip mall on Route 30

Together, we will create new economic hope for Matteson.

Sheila

When my husband Jonathan and I were looking for a place to call home 30 years ago, we were drawn to Matteson. It just felt right.

Today, we’re as confident as ever that we made the right choice to build our home and raise our family here. And as we think about retirement, the lure of warmer weather isn’t going to pull us away. We’re here to stay.

Yet, we’re not blind to the problems in this community. We must do more to create jobs and economic activity. We have to end the nepotism and political shenanigans in the city. We have to put taxpayers first.

I’m running for mayor with a plan to build on what makes Matteson great, and to show families just like ours why they should be here for the long term. I look forward to talking with you to share my vision.

Sheila