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FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1991

Exercise
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WERE FIGHTING FOR
YOUR LIFE

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Rothstein

Continued from preceding page

when she is asked to talk
about herself.
Mrs. Rothstein bristles
when someone describes her
city as "changing."
"This has always been a
great place to live," she said.
"The schools have always
been good. There has been a
strong sense of community.
When there is a problem
between neighbors they talk
it through and work it out.
They don't resort to
violence."
Who those neighbors are
has changed. Oak Park's
Jewish population is about
40 percent with blacks ac-
counting for 15 percent and
Chaldeans about 12 percent.
The balance takes in just
about every other nation-
ality and religion there is.
The mayor did say,
however, that she was dis-
appointed that the children
of the Russian immigrants
were not, for the most part,
attending Oak Park public
schools.
Oak Park has had an
international festival for the
last seven years. There are
between 50 and 60 flags to
reflect the city's cultural
mix.
"We tell people that if
their heritage is not repre-
sented, let us know and it
will be next year."
A favorite responsibility of
the mayor is to perform mar-
riages. Rothstein has of-
ficiated at at least 150 over
the past eight years turning
over the $25 ceremony fee to
the Oak Park Community
Services Food Bank.
Mrs. Rothstein gives much
of the credit for the smooth
operation of the city to the ci-
ty council and city manager.

"As a mayor working with
a part-time city council, our
responsibility is to give
policy direction to the city
manager, to know how to
understand - and interpret
the budget and the docu-
ment which allocates our
resources and sets our
priorities. Our city manager
and the rest of the team are
implementers that make it
work."
It is obviously a mutual
admiration society. Mrs.
Rothstein has been nomi-
nated by Judith Quinn-
Skoros, assistant city man-
ager, as the Outstanding
Elected Official for 1991, an
award presented by the
American Society for Public
Administration.
In the nomination form,
Mrs. Rothstein is described
as "never losing touch with
the needs and concerns of
her fellow residents. Her
door is always open. She

Charlotte Rothstein:
Involved for 18 years.

seldom has two nights in a
row free for herself, and she
is known to most city
employees because she takes
the time to get to know
them."
There are trade-offs. Mrs.
Rothstein says that it is tough
to keep up old friendships
when your private life
becomes a public life.
"You make new friends,"
she said. "And you work
hard at keeping as many of
the old ones as possible.
(Mrs. Rothstein does work at
it. She had recently had
dinner with her maid-of-
honor — a close friend for
more than four decades.) It's
important, and I don't see
her enough.
"And you make choices,"
she continued. "I used to be

Oak Park's Jewish
population is
about 40 percent
with blacks
accounting for 15
percent and
Chaldeans about
12 percent.

a pretty good tennis player,

even had a few trophies.
Maybe, one of these days, I'll
get serious about playing
again. I still have a racquet
and remember how to play."
Mayor Rothstein doesn't
forget much. She remembers
the hard work and extols the
pleasure that her commun-
ity has given her. In a speech
that she presented at a profes-
sional development seminar,
Mrs. Rothstein began by say-
ing, "I have found that some
people make things happen,
some people watch things
happen and some people
wonder what happened."
Over the years, with great
pleasure and satisfaction,
thousands of people have
learned where Charlotte
Rothstein fits into the equa-
tion. 0