Approximately two years ago the city of Compton had a surplus. Today we face a thirty million dollar deficit. Would it surprise you to learn that millions of dollars are spent on concerts and entertainment while basic services go neglected?
On April 19th residents of Compton have the opportunity to make some changes in the city…starting with the city council. There are 6 candidates running against the incumbent for district 1… What does that tell you?
There is only 1 candidate running against the incumbent in district 4.
Sadly, we have a population well over 90,000 but it seems that less than 6,000 actually come out to vote in local elections. What does it take to get more people to vote and get more involved?
This is a common problem all over at the minute, saw very odd decisions seem to be made by politicians, prioritising what will make them look good rather than what is right for the people
Just a great information! Very informative. Please continue to work in the same spirit
Conducting public meeting and spreading awareness only will rise the voting percentage.
I hope the vote turnout goes way up for this election. Thanks for bringing all of this to everyones attention. Keep up the good work.
With these issue we should now be aware and choose carefully who we are going to vote for the next election; let’s choose the person that we know is good and have a heart for the people and not only for his personal agenda. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Yeah politicians try always to look good even on the cost of ignoring to provide basic and important services. I think the solution is to use social media (try to contact people with high profiles and lots of followers) to increase awareness.
I guess people don't think their vote will make a difference, combine that with the general distrust of politics. Going to house to house to tell people about the issues and what role they can play to improve the situation, would be effective.
Public meetings are definitely a great way to increase awareness. I would also recommend using social media to your advantage as it's a great way to get followers. Good luck
I agree entirely with Eduard. We need to elect someone who is willing to put his soul to it and really achieve what is best for the city! Thank you for the great info!
I definitely believe that government spending can be ridiculously incorrect. Handing out flyers, posers and generally raising awareness about this will help people to vote for this cause
change is hard for compton..i used to live there and i moved coz of it's dirty politics.