Archive for 20 September, 2007
NO MORE FREE RIDES FOR AMHERST CANDIDATES
September 20, 2007 9:42 pm
The most important race in the upcoming November election is the race to seat 3 new people on our Town Board. Council members Mike McGuire, Bill Kindel and Bill O’Loughan’s seats are up for grabs.
There will be 4 Republicans and 3 Democrats seeking these 3 very important seats. The number of Democrat and Republican voters in Amherst is roughly equal.
There is a great need for the voters to get to know the men running for these seats. The voters must understand what each of the 7 men really stand for and what they will try to get done in Amherst.
The BS rhetoric about lowering taxes without cutting deep into services and laying off town workers is a joke. If any candidate makes this promise, mark him of your list. We all know politicians lie during their campaign to simply get votes. Catch them in their lies and challenge them.
Ask candidates the hard questions about what they really plan to accomplish in Amherst. The voters must demand all 7 candidates be in an open forum where questions are asked by the public. A “Meet the Candidate” forum like this, held in one of our local high schools, would draw voters.
