Greetings from the campaign trail…
One of my three campaign themes is Clean Government. So, what is Clean Government? In my mind, Clean Government has three basic components. First, a candidate for public office should have the highest level of integrity. Second, we need to have an open access policy. Finally, proactively reach out to the public on critical issues and seek diverse ideas while formulating public policy.
In my opinion, public servants need to demonstrate the highest level of integrity and honesty. I believe that public servants have a deep moral obligation to maintain the public trust and set a moral example for our community.
Open access is the ability of our township residents to have easy access to our local leadership, critical documents, and how our township operates on a daily basis. In other words, create a level of transparency between the Board of Supervisors, township operations and our residents. For example, a Government that practices open access requires having all public documents on our web site, providing a free copy of the Comprehensive plan to our residents, easy access to developers’ proposals that affect our way of life, public display of all traffic studies, and access to the 2007 budget in a timely manner.
Each of the critical service organizations (Police, Fire, and EMS) should make a yearly report to the township residents to improve our understanding of these critical services and how we benefit as a community from these dedicated professionals. Yes, I will broach the unthinkable -- broadcasting our Board of Supervisor meetings on the local cable community outlet channels.
Additionally, I believe we should have occasional Board of Supervisor, Planning Commission, and Zoning meetings on Saturdays to increase the visibility of these critical boards and commissions to our community. Town hall meetings should become a norm in our township not just a campaign slogan.
It is very important that we proactively reach out to residents to get ideas on critical township issues. If you have any ideas or comments about critical issues facing Forks Township, please share your ideas via our blog or email at billings2007@att.net.Get Involved –
Every Vote Counts!
Sincerely,
David Billings
billings2007@att.net
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2 comments:
I surely like your notes but lemme tell you the las time one o you politico types ran on this soapbox there was a group o dogoodin residuals makin monet off corporate pollin that was was not takin a shinin to it. Now there was some irony causin they really didin hav any good words fer moonshiners down in the holler or up to the north Me im a flower grower so says let the sun shine!@
Mr. Billings
Thank you for speaking at the recent PTA meeting.
You seem to be the only candidate that is truly involved with issues invoving young families. Lower density and better recreation while keeping watchfull eye on the budget get our vote next month.
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