In the upcoming election saga you may want to take the time to pose a series of questions that require simple yes or no answers from the candidates.Open ended questions are never really answered and if you leave any opening for discussion or interpretation you basically play into the hands of those gifted to be glib or non-committal in their response. Do yourself and others justice with a single direct question that merely requires a simple yes or no.
If you are really clever you may construct some series that demonstrates inconsistency or illogical thinking on the part of the candidate. A contradiction can easily occur to an earlier response if there is doubt on the part of the candidate or he can't remember what he said only minutes ago. Or, on a more positive note, you can see just how far a candidate may go on an issue or what may be considered negotiable by the candidate as a compromise with others is needed. Once in office the deal making becomes more obscure and lost in the party politics but at least you can see how they may respond to a particular issue that is dear to you.
You are not asking them to defend a position, because you want to know now their promise, their committment, and how they will vote. You are in cpntrol of the question and they must convince you to vote for them.
Below are some of my favorites that represent crusades I have written about on this blog site.
1. Would you sponsor or support legislation to establish term limits for elected and appointed officials?
2. Would you sponsor or support a direct referendum option for Connecticut to allow its citizens a democratic approach to initiate or change legislation via a direct voter initiative?
3. Would you sponsor or support legislation to amend the State of Connecticut Constitution to redefine the so called "budget cap" wording to fix the misunderstandings now in contention?
4. Would you sponsor or support legislation to provide the State's accounting information as a Freedom of Information service to the public? Such a service must offer the State's check register to identify payee, date, amount, and purchase order reference that also correlates to the originating agency. Trust me, this is a treasure trove!
5. Would you sponsor or support legislation to eliminate or cap the overtime "excess" that is often applied to the last 3 years of employment for calculation of pension?
Be bold and go forth where politicians fear to tread!
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8 comments:
thot u wer lost. thanks for comin bak. great qeustons now got sumthing to say at all those big meets goin to. my gal talkin bot this brown guy, herd of him, what ya thnk? stay with me man.
You seldom see a candidate survey which is not about issue or special interest groups. Yours seems to be a general voter or good government agenda. Fascinating!!!!!
i'm tracking indpendenet efforts to shut down both the dems and repubs in conn. other third partys have not done the job. you have a fresh approach with specifics that will expose the establishment for what they really are.
I'm not sure if i want you to run for office or not. U might do more good exposing those who do.
so what'z answers?????? dont leeve us hangin!!!!!
As an accountant, I have been trying for years with my local reps and both Governors Rowland and Rell to open up the "state check register" as you say to the public. Nothing ever happens. thanks for joining this crusade. How can we ever get a handle on the state's fiscal management if the public cannot know what its spending our taxpayer money on.
you talk about freedom of info in conn? big joke. first of all its not free, ever try asking an agency for some of its public information??? you get smacked down and then then make you wait and wait and charge you plenty. how bout making this 1 of your qustions????
ya goin to email all these q's to all the pols running this year? make sure you pub there ansers. i wanna hear. great idea. im disgusted with this state. maybe youll get'm squrming.
R CT congress has to go. they are the military trying to destroy us hardworking taxpayers NOT on the public dole. just like the military trying to destroy avatars. U do gud job tellin like it is.
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