Getting to Know the Candidates: Kyle Stack

To get to know mayoral challenger Kyle Stack you have to start at the beginning. Stack has lived in Trenton her entire life, graduated from and worked for the city for 34 years; she was Trenton City Clerk for 26 of those years.

Stack belongs to several groups and organizations in Trenton including the Rotary Club and Goodfellows, and served as president for both.

She has won several awards including the Andy Ross Award presented by the Trenton Firefighters and the Service Award from the Salvation Army--to name a few. Stack was also recognized by the Wayne County Commission for women's history.

Stack has an associate’s degree in business administration from Michigan State University.

Trenton Patch editor Nate Stemen asked each candidate the same three questions. Stack's answers are as such:

Why run for the position you are running for?   What can you offer that no one else can?

After 34 years of being a public servant, I feel that I have accomplished what I have intended to do with the positions I have held, and it is time to move forward with helping to make Trenton a community that is desirable to live and work. 

I feel I have the knowledge to work with the council, the city administration and employees, residents, businesses and organizations to move Trenton forward.  Times are tough right now, but by working together, we can resolve our future challenges.  I believe I can do that.

What do you think is the number one problem facing the City of Trenton?  How do you intend to resolve the problem?

The number one situation this city faces is the budget and revenues versus services and expenditures.  Times are tough.  State mandates have bound us to some of the ways we receive our funding.  So some services will need to be possibly shared with other communities, which we have started to do and have done in the past.

With the budget getting more and more difficult to balance each year, what are you willing to cut to keep the city’s budget balanced?  What aren’t you will to cut?

I would work with our city council and the city administration to look at all angles of our budget so we could keep the essential services that we are accustomed to.  The emergency services would be the last services to be cut within the community, but cooperative multi-city functions must be evaluated to minimize or stop any cuts to police or fire operations.