Acting Danville Mayor Rickey Williams Jr. believes he is the person who has the skills to move Danville forward….
Williams was commenting on WDAN 1490am Radio’s Newsmakers program Monday morning. All four of the candidates for Danville mayor are being featured on that program this week.
Williams favors doing away with the Public Safety Director’s position and going back to having a full-time police chief and a full-time fire chief. He also wants to change police patrols so that citizens get to know the officers who are in their neighborhood…
On the program Williams also said he wants to shore up neighborhood associations and create more of them. He also wants a better assessment of the city’s infrastructure. And he adds the city needs to be fiscally responsible to its citizens….
The other candidates for Danville Mayor — Donald Crews, Steve Nichols, and Jim McMahon – are also appearing on the Newsmakers program this week. You can hear the programs starting at 7:30 a.m. through Thursday, February 28, 2019, on WDAN 1490am Radio. And if you miss a program you can find the entire show on the homepage of VermilionCountyFirst.com.