October Message

Happily, This month CONA is co-sponsoring two candidates forums. One with the League of Women Voters at the regular CONA meeting. The other is with the Chamber of Commerce on the 27th. Please urge neighbors and friends to attend. It is important that we both have a reasonable crowd and that we take this opportunity to speak up for the issues that matter to neighborhoods.

Election time is a great chance to educate candidates for office about the importance of community policing, pro-active code enforcement, enforcement of the quality of life laws from noise ordinances to loose dogs and the needs to build or rebuild the sidewalks, alleys, recreational spaces and drainage systems in our neighborhoods. This is our best opportunity to communicate what is important to neighborhoods. Please do not let this pass by without your input!

We did ask that the candidate’s forums be televised on the City Channel to help educate the citizens on the issues. However, we were turned down. I believe it will take candidates who commit at election time to use this powerful resource, a city run television station, as a tool of democracy, for us to change this for future elections. The greatest way to overcome the impact of special interest monies in elections is to allow debates to be widely seen so citizens can judge candidates rather than 30 second commercials or direct mail pieces.

Come check out our choices and let’s win a victory for democracy!