Evaluating Candidates
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2023 5:13 pm
The voters of Waynesville hire and fire their Mayor and Aldermen. Therefore it is the performance reviews of ONLY the voters that counts. The local papers have their own bias and agendas that are well-known in the community so this is a voter-centric scorecard that can be used to counter or supplement the data presented by the local papers. As well, candidates and their supporters or campaigns are great at telling you what they might have done that they are proud of -- but rarely will speak about what they are not proud of.
But how should one rate elected representatives? Well, at least for the Aldermen, it might be suggested to use this job description to judge their performance against:
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It will be easier to judge an incumbent because they have shown how they will perform in the role. They won't be able to hide from their record and what they did or didn't do for the community that will be documented here to remind us of what we might have forgotten or didn't notice before. So this space (and the soon-to-be questionnaires we will ask) is even more important for considering someone new.
But how should one rate elected representatives? Well, at least for the Aldermen, it might be suggested to use this job description to judge their performance against:
viewtopic.php?t=104&sid=6f0d4bd605f8791 ... 58e91fd6cd
It will be easier to judge an incumbent because they have shown how they will perform in the role. They won't be able to hide from their record and what they did or didn't do for the community that will be documented here to remind us of what we might have forgotten or didn't notice before. So this space (and the soon-to-be questionnaires we will ask) is even more important for considering someone new.