Mayoral Race

What will it take to become the next Mayor of the great City of Albuquerque? What is the voting public looking for in their next Mayor? These are very good questions because the person that wins the race will be faced with shaping the future of this city and protecting the voting public. Change has become a major theme for our nation. We are faced with moving away from the past way of doing things and reshaping the mission of many major employers in this area of the country. While we have an opportunity we will also face great challenges over the next few years. The voters are looking for a mayor that they can trust and one that has a positive vision for the future.

So what does the voting public want?

We want someone who cares about the future of our children. We want someone who will keep old neighborhoods in good running condition while building the infrastructure of our city’s newer neighborhoods. We want someone who will inspire voters to care about this city and what it has to offer both current and future residents. We want someone who can support our diverse cultural background while encouraging us to build upon that background and develop new more diversified cultured interest. We want to feel safe when we walk our neighborhoods either during the day or night. We want to care about the environment and have it be a pleasant place to live. We want city services for people of all walks of life within our city. We want to see the homeless taken care of so that they have a place to turn in a time of great need. We want someone who works well with local, state and federal governmental systems. We want someone who also works well with current and future employers. We want someone with a high moral standard who will not be making backdoor deals that could harm us in the future. And we want someone who can do all of this on a sane budget that does not over tax the local voting public.

Are we asking too much?

Maybe but this is what we need from our next mayor and he will have a huge time consuming job once elected or reelected. No government office is easy or simple because the voting public expects a great deal and no elected official will every live up to all the public expects from them but they should do their level best to deliver on any and all things that they can for the voting public. They should simple show that they care about the issues facing our city. I would say that the most important thing any candidate can do at present is to address the desires of the voting public as best they can and explain their vision for the City of Albuquerque. Most of all what the voting public wants is a mayor who has heart and a love for the City of Albuquerque. Then it will be up to the voters to pick the one they think can do the best job for us.