Danbury Candidate Profile: Tim Gaburungyi, City Council-At-Large

DANBURY, CT — The 2019 municipal election is heating up in Danbury and there are plenty of races with candidates eager to serve in elected office.

Danbury Patch asked candidates to answer questions about their campaigns and will be publishing candidate profiles as election day draws near.

Tim Gaburungyi, 53, is running for City Council-At-Large as a Democrat. He has a degree in electrical engineering, and has been an information technology professional and project manager for 27 years.

The single most pressing issue facing our town/district is _______, and this is what I intend to do about it.

The 3 main issues that drive me to vie for public office in my hometown Danbury is the state of our Schools, our infrastructure and our downtown area. These will not be easy challenges to over come because they have been long in the making - the inability or unwillingness to draw up a long term plan for Danbury. So to answer your question our single most pressing issue is no plan. As I have campaigned for office I have interacted with very many Danbury constituents and they have shared very good ideas of where they think Danbury should be headed.

What are the critical differences between you and the other candidates seeking this post?

These ideas and more should be collected and creatively translated into a coordinated and sustainable multi-stage plan. Let us break up the issues into building blocks, lay the foundation and the start addressing the issues one at a time in a manageable manner within our available resources - but let us start.

What accomplishments in your past would you cite as evidence you can handle this job?

I subscribe very strongly to the adage that "Change is the only constant in Life." A career in the constantly evolving field that is Information Technology was therefore the best fit for me. I am also a professional project manager who has successfully implemented several technology projects across North America. In order to achieve this success I had to have a good appreciation of where I needed to get any effort to and I had to lean on leadership and good communication skills to influence project teams to share the same goals and work towards them. That is what I will bring to the Danbury City Council.

What else would you like voters to know about yourself and your positions?

I am passionate about my goals and will work hard to achieve them for Danbury.

The best advice ever shared with me was ...

If all you can see are obstacles, you have lost sight of the goal.