The Bayonne Public Advocate

Every election cycle in Bayonne politics play out in the usual way. You vote for who you know. You vote because your friend or family member tells you that you should vote for this person or that person. You vote because your job with the city might be on the line. Or maybe you vote because your business interests rely on a certain person making it to office. But what gets lost is the real issues.

Bayonne is fast reaching a point where the hard issues can no longer be pushed aside or deferred for the next guy to deal with. Our financial woes are reaching critical points, and hard decisions need to be made.

That is why now is the time for Bayonne residents to get answers to the tough questions. Originally I intended to do a series of interviews with each candidate, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that this election cycle the city needs a debate. A debate that won’t be about changing your mind, but about getting answers to the issues that will affect us all.

Because of this I have been speaking with candidates and their representatives behind the scenes in order to begin to organize a debate. The debate questions would be generated by the citizens of Bayonne for all candidates to answer. This is our city and we need to hear from the men who would lead it.

The Bayonne Public Advocate is now seeking citizens to join the Bayonne Citizen’s Debate Committee. As a committee member you will assist in organizing the debate, and most importantly you help compose the questions that the candidates will answer. If you have an interest in getting involved please contact me via email, so that I can begin to put together a list of people and coordinate our first meeting. Email me at: neil AT urbannerd DOT com.

The target for the debate will be mid October.

August 27th, 2008 | by admin | Category: elections | Subscribe to comments | Leave a comment | Trackback URL