Questions for the Candidates

The following was submitted by a CentralSpeaks subscriber. We ask that the Comments section below this article be left open for the candidates to submit their answers to these questions in a positive manner.

Today I ran across a group of friends discussing the up coming elections and after several minutes of hearing; someone told me this about that one, that’s nothing I heard this about that one and my neighbors cousin told her that this one called her names when they were in elementary school, the issues finally came up. (Boy, I can’t wait for the School Board elections in the fall.) Anyway, the one point that everyone could agree on no matter who they were supporting was the fact that we all, along with all of the candidates, agree on the major issues (Contracting city services, growing our tax base by recruiting new businesses, controlling the rate of growth…).
 The discussion then turned to how we usually judge candidates on how they voted and acted in the past more so than what was said on the campaign trail. This is when the question of ‘How do you compare someone that has a voting record to someone that does not’ came up.
After much thought, along with a few unnecessary but humorous comments, we finally agreed this could be accomplished by asking four questions; two for those seeking reelection and two for the challengers. The questions are simple, but we think the answers will help reveal the candidates’ character, dedication and love of Central.
Therefore, we would like CentralSpeaks.com to pose the following questions to the candidates and post the answers on the web site.

The questions we would like to ask those seeking reelection are;
1.      Other than serving on the City Council or as Mayor, what have you done to benefit the Central Community?
2.      How much time did you spend doing the things you listed to the above question?

  For those seeking an elected office for the first time, please answer the following questions;
1.      What have you done to benefit the Central Community?
2.      How much time did you spend doing the things you listed to the above question?

 We think the answers will help people decide more on character rather than rumor.