Candidates for Mayor

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Chart of Candidate Support for R.E.F.O.R.M. Agenda Principles   Click a candidate's name to view votes and comments.
Restore Credibility
1. Set Term Limits for City Council
2. Enact Anti-Nepotism Laws
3. Alter Police-Department      Governance to Help Fight Crime
4. Establish Public Finance      for Municipal Elections
Engage and Enable Neighborhoods
1. Establish a 311 System to      Take Citizen Complaints
2. Eliminate the Business Privilege      Tax and Reduce the Wage Tax
3. Publish Neighborhood-Based      Government Performance Data
4. Encourage Homeowners to be      Energy Efficient
Fight for Fiscal Responsibility
1. Prepare the Budget to Show      Costs by Program
2. Fix PGW to Make the Utility Work
3. End the 10-Year Property      Tax Abatement
4. Establish A Rainy-Day Fund      for the City Budget
Open Government to the People
1. Competitively Bid All City Contracts
2. Update Open-Records Laws
3. Publish Government Documents      in a Timely Manner
4. Publish Manuals for Citizens      and Employers
Respect Citizen Input
1. Draw Council District Boundaries      Without Gerrymandering
2. Hold Council Hearings After Working      Hours and in the Community
3. Require the Zoning Board to Issue      Statements with its Rulings
4. Publish Vacancies for Agencies,      Boards, and Commissions
Modernize City Services
1. Enact Revised and Modern Zoning      and Building Codes
2. Extend and Modernize Transit Services
3. Complete a New Comprehensive      Plan for City Development
4. Allow Citizens to Complete      Interactions with the City via Internet