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Villa Park City Council Candidate Statements

Candidate statements for the 2024 Villa Park City Council (listed in the order of the Orange County Registrar of Voters website). The General Election will be held in the City of Villa Park on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.

2024 Villa Park City Council Candidates:

  • Robert Frackelton
  • Lawrence Talebi
  • Kelly McBride
  • Yan Killy
Villa Park City Council Candidate Statements

Robert Frackelton
Business Owner – Age: 55

I grew up here in Villa Park attending VP Elementary, Cerro Villa and VP High graduating in 1987. I love my hometown. Twenty-two years ago, my wife and I moved back to raise our three children here. My wish is to serve on our City Council in order to maintain this unique little slice of America for residents new and old, and generations to come. Short-sighted mandates from the State of California encouraging high-density housing, certain group homes and other intrusions must be resisted. Public safety must be preserved. Updating our aging infrastructure must be prioritized. Financial responsibility is what our tax- paying residents deserve. My commitment to you is to preserve and further Villa Park’s standing as our “Hidden Jewel”. I am President and majority owner of a metal fabrication business with 82 employees. I am also Past President of VP Rotary and sit on the VP Foundation Board of Directors. Additionally, I coordinate the Villa Park Marines Thanksgiving event, served 8 years as a Reserve Volunteer Firefighter at our Station 23, and volunteered at our schools and with our youth sports. Now I hope to serve on our City Council. I humbly ask for your vote.

Lawrence Talebi
Administrator

I’ve been a healthcare professional for the last 11 years. In healthcare, I’ve had the honor and privilege to serve and help our most vulnerable population. Only with the belief in servant leadership have I been able to understand the importance of being reliable, accountable and emotionally engaged in my duty.

As a healthcare professional, I work in the second most regulated industry in the nation next to nuclear engineering. I’m well oriented to the practice of working with laws and regulations to properly carry out my duties.

Healthcare is a service industry. The best and most important part of that is the ability to work with people. I have worked with thousands of people to help rehabilitate and improve the lives of sick members of our community.

My occupation is a thankless job. This highlights the importance of having passion for what I do every day for members of our community. It is my passion for exceptionalism that motivates me to be an effective healthcare professional. This passion will be also enable me to be equally as effective and engaged as your city councilman.

Kelly McBride
Building Repair Contractor

Villa Park is truly the “Hidden Jewel” and I believe that we need good people with common sense to serve on the City Council to keep our community financially strong, sensible and safe. I have worked hard over my career traveling around our nation and internationally to repair the world’s largest buildings and have earned the privilege to own a home in a community that exemplifies the best of American values: hard work, good neighbors, and strong social bonds. I believe that if the good people don’t step forward and continue the tradition of financial responsibility and careful consideration of pragmatic civic management, our community will be hamstrung by needless expenditures and distractions from our shared values.

I humbly ask for your vote as one of the “good guys”, active in the community, devoted Rotarian who believes in common sense solutions that enhance the foundations of our community; supporting property values by keeping our neighborhoods safe and maintained, encouraging community spirit by supporting family traditions, and keeping an eye on the horizon to ensure state and federal legislation doesn’t impact our way of life. Please vote for Kelly McBride for the Villa Park City Council on November 5th. (No A.I. was used in this message.)

Yan Killy
Technical Marketing Engineer

I am a proud naturalized American citizen who came as a refugee in 1977 from Ukraine, a former republic of the USSR. We had only $16.00 between the six of us, yet we considered ourselves lucky because we could work hard and build the future in the land of opportunity.

Engineering was my true calling and I followed my dream. After college, I started as a Draftsman, then a Designer, and then I became a Sr. Technical Marketing Engineer for one of the biggest CAD companies.

I left Cleveland where the family settled, and I moved to California, and have been living here for 43 years.

My wife, Diana, and I have two daughters and one grandson.

When not at work, I do a lot of volunteer work during elections, I serve as a board member of the World Affairs Council of Orange County. Recently, I started a new nonprofit 501(C)(3) organization where I serve as the CEO.

I embody the American dream, going from a legal refugee from the USSR to a successful professional and homeowner, with a family I love, great friends, and a rewarding career. I believe in the Constitution, Bill of Rights, Freedom, and Liberty!

Filing records for all candidates can be found at the Orange County Registrar of Voters.

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