Sam McGovern-Rowen

Local Candidate- Third District Alderman

Jan. 11, 2008

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Sam McGovern-Rowen has served three years as 3rd District legislative assistant to Alderman Mike D’Amato, where he has been responsible for constituent communications and for addressing service concerns for about 43,000 residents. “I have forged relationships with neighbors, business leaders, and employees from every department within city government to better serve constituent needs,” McGovern-Rowen said. “I've also helped develop city ordinances, such as the Resident Preferred Parking Plan, and I've helped staff and assist 13 neighborhood and business associations in the district.”

McGovern-Rowen has a diverse work history in the private sector, including several years in banking and finance. He received my degree in communications from UW-Madison in 1998.

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Yes,if we had more/faster train service--Walker ne...

Yes,if we had more/faster train service--Walker needed to get fast train service--instead he rejected nearly one hundred million dollars. TERRIBLE. We need fast train servive to other cities. Other states are now using OUR $100,000,000. So sad.

Anonymous more than 12 years ago

Seriously!! mass transit? The dems can stop all th...

Seriously!! mass transit? The dems can stop all the pipelines, export our supply to China, raise all the taxes they want. The only real solution to our energy crisis is a hard change in leadership. This whole push to make energy harder to get and more expensive under the guise of "global warming" is a big load of bullshit! I mean really, let's face it, China and India are burning that shit as fast as they can get it so they export more sub standard products to our local Walmarts and use the profit to build armiments they can use against us sometime in the future. There are a few blessings however, first if "global warming" really is the result of us burning fossel fuels then just think how much more your real estate will be valued at when we have warm winters and palm trees here in Wisconsin, second, if gas prices continue to rise as expected Mr. Obama will most certianly join the ranks of our growing unemployed. yes my statement is a bit cinical but wake up! the only ones following these bullshit rules and false solutions are us! we alone can not solve growing global issues without partnership with the rest of the world.

Anonymous more than 12 years ago

If Sam Rowen couldn't manage to return calls as an...

If Sam Rowen couldn't manage to return calls as an aldermanic assistant, how will he cope with our concerns as alderman? It took four calls over the course of a month before I finally got an answer to a simple question about some city business - Sam Rowen promised to call back with an answer when I called the first time, and after that I got nothing but excuses until I finally called D'Amato at home!

Anonymous more than 16 years ago

Sorry to hear about your experience. That was not ...

Sorry to hear about your experience. That was not mine. Although I do not think we should really generalize from our experience, mine has been more extensive and over a longer period of time. I have never had to call D'Amato at home. Aside from this, Sam has the most experience in city government and I suspect he has learned from the mistakes that D'Amato made. Those two points cannot be made for any other candidate.

Anonymous more than 16 years ago

Sam McGovern-Rowen is by far the most qualified on...

Sam McGovern-Rowen is by far the most qualified one running, he also has a great proven track record and has done a wonderful job as a public servant so far. He has my vote.

Anonymous more than 16 years ago