Vote Today!

Today is Election Day in Cedar Rapids. We will choose our new mayor and elect council people for District 1, District 3, District 5, along with an At-Large council person. We asked each candidate to take a pledge to support the current ban on fireworks in Cedar Rapids. Please remember their responses as you go to vote today! We need to work to keep Cedar Rapids firework free! This is how they responded: ------------------------ COUNCIL CANDIDATES DISTRICT 1: Our Pick: Ryan Russell • District 1, Marty Hoeger: Declined to respond • District 1, Ryan Russell: Pledged to support the ban DISTRICT 3: Our Pick: Dale Todd • District 3, Keith Rippy: Declined to respond • District 3, Dale Todd: Pledged to support the ban • District 3, Justin Wasson: Declined to respond DISTRICT 5: Our Pick: Ashley Vanorny • District 5, Justin Shields: Declined to respond • District 5, Ashley Vanorny: Pledged to support the ban • District 5, Keith Wiggins: Declined to respond AT-LARGE: Our Pick: Tyler Olson or Damian Epps • At-Large, Damian Epps: Pledged to support the ban • At-Large, Lisa Kuzela: Declined to respond • At-Large, Tyler Olson: Pledged to support the ban ------------------------ MAYORAL CANDIDATES: All candidates except Scott Olson responded that they would support the current ban. Most choices for mayor would result in our city having a leader who opposes fireworks use in city limits as mayor. • Kris Gulick: Pledged to support the ban • Scott Olson: Declined to respond (But he did vote against fireworks usage in CR when it was first brought up.) • Gary Hinzman: Pledged to support the ban • Monica Vernon: Pledged to support the ban • Brad Hart: Pledged to support the ban • Tim Pridegon: Pledged to support the ban