Dandoy running for city council
Bob Dandoy, former teacher and Butler Downtown leader, announced that he is running as a Democrat for a position on the Butler City Council.
A lifelong city resident, Dandoy was president and a board member of Butler Downtown, which administered the Main Street revitalization program. He said that projects to which he contributed include local businesses promotions; family activities, such as the Halloween Hunt and Bunny Trail; and the New Castle Street Plaza concerts.
As a design committee member, he said he helped supervise the business facade improvement program and the Becky Smith Memorial Garden at the Little Red Schoolhouse, and worked on the Downtown Streetscape Project.
Dandoy served on the boards of the Butler Little Theatre and the Musical Theatre Guild, was a member of St. Peter Roman Catholic Church's finance council, and recently served on the Diocese of Pittsburgh's “Mission for the Church Alive” commission.
He was the president and a board member of the Clarion University Alumni Association and interim director of alumni relations.
He worked with the National Council of Teachers of English and was president and executive director of the PA Council of Teachers of English and Language Arts, for which he serves as treasurer.
He was a teacher at Karns City High School for 31 years, a part-time instructor at Butler County Community College for 20 years and a faculty member at Slippery Rock University for seven years in the English department and College of Education,
Dandoy graduated from Clarion University with a bachelor's degree, received a master's degree from Slippery Rock University and did additional graduate work at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
“I do not run for office driven by any particular issue. I certainly would like to see an improved Main Street streetscape, the promotion of our neighborhoods to young families willing to buy and renovate homes, more unique businesses locating and investing in our downtown, and the strengthening of the basic city services of safety, parks, and streets,” Dandoy said.
