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Why I'm Running

As your Trustee, we’ve achieved so much together, guided by your ideas and input. I am proud to have supported local businesses, enhanced safety and preserved our community traditions. These successes reflect our shared commitment to Libertyville. Looking ahead, I’m excited to keep working with you to build on this progress and create even more opportunities for our community.

I'd love your support on April 1st for Mayor of Libertyville

 REAL RESULTS  FOR OUR COMMUNITY

I’m incredibly grateful for the conversations we’ve had — both in person and online. I hear from so many Libertyville residents whose ideas have guided me, and together we’ve achieved some great things over the past four years:

 

  • Supported Local Businesses: Helped entrepreneurs through our Business Resiliency & Facade Grant programs.

  • Increased Tax Fairness: Ensured Airbnbs pay their fair share of local hotel/motel taxes.

  • Prioritized Community Safety: Kept dispensaries out of town and away from schools to prioritize our children's safety. 

  • Introduced Competition: Worked to ensure that professional services for Village projects are competitively bid, making the best use of your tax dollars. 

  • Preserved Traditions: Protected our cherished MainStreet Libertyville Farmers Market and kept it in Cook Park, despite the Mayor's efforts to move it.

  • Championed Responsible Gun Ownership: Advocated for secure firearm storage to enhance safety.

LOOKING AHEAD:  LIBERTYVILLE TOGETHER 

We’ve come a long way, and I am excited about the possibilities that lie ahead and what we can achieve. The spirit of “Libertyville Together” is about listening to each other and turning our shared aspirations into action. As your Mayor, I'm committed to:

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  • Ensuring Responsible Stewardship: Upholding fair bidding and making smart, thoughtful budgetary and investment decisions to ensure every tax dollar contributes to our community's growth and well being.

  • Promoting Transparency & Accessibility: Making it easier for everyone to stay informed, connected, and engaged by streaming all Village meetings and providing regular updates online.

  • Encouraging Community Participation: Opening up more avenues for residents to serve on Village boards and commissions. By actively sharing opportunities and reaching out, we'll ensure everyone has the chance to contribute.

  • Enhancing Community Engagement: Amplifying resident insights and ideas and strengthening your voice in decisions, especially those shaping future developments, by making information more accessible and encouraging open dialogue.

  • Supporting Local Business Success: Building on our support for small businesses, we'll expand grants and incentives to help local businesses succeed, enhance their spaces, and attract new entrepreneurs to Libertyville.

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​These priorities reflect what you’ve shared with me, and I’m passionate about leading with fresh ideas that strengthen what already works and finding new opportunities to grow together.

 

With a focus on accountability and collaboration, I'll honor what makes Libertyville special while embracing fresh ideas for our future.

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On April 1, 2025, I’m asking for your vote as Libertyville’s next Mayor. Let’s keep making Libertyville a place we all love — Together.

 

Thank you for your trust.

Together, we can do better and achieve even more.

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© 2024  Paid for by Friends of Matthew Hickey for Libertyville Mayor. A copy of our report filed with the State Board of Elections is (or will be) available on the Board’s official website (www.elections.il.gov) or for purchase from the State Board of Elections, Springfield, Illinois.

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