Supporting the positive candidates
10/17/2009 by Kathy Crawford, Novi City Council Member
 
Campaign rhetoric speaks volumes. Candidates espousing everything they are AGAINST do not make effective leaders for this city.

Candidate comments that plant seeds of doubt about the honesty and integrity of people currently serving on Boards and Commissions as well as city administrators, are irresponsible, naive and insulting.

When I read from this year’s various campaign literature pieces, I noted statements such as the candidate will: “introduce fiscal responsibility to city government”, “always consider the taxpayer first”, “processes should be transparent and open. Residents’ concerns should be taken seriously, not ignored or dismissed”, “promote open government” . “will provide leadership you can trust” and many others.

Do these people truly believe that this city ignores and dismisses its citizenry and it never occurred to us to be fiscally responsible or trustworthy?

My support is definitely for candidates who are positive and tell me who they are, their experience, what they have accomplished and what they hope to accomplish. These candidates are: Mayor David Landry and for City Council Terry Margolis, Brian Burke and Justin Fischer.