Campaign Talk - Clean Government

Greetings from the campaign trail…

One of my 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 2009 budget actual's in a timely manner.

 

I do have a deep belief in the importance of community involvement and of being an active part of solutions. In fact, it is my opinion that the role of local government is to work for the people, not for personal interest, gain, or ego.