lincoln5559. Given the personnel cuts approved by the Council, I think we are lucky to have Dispatch to take your calls for help. I am being facetious, but only slightly. While there have been a number of news articles lately noting the good work of our police, the underlying interpretation is that the police is doing the best they can given the limited resources afforded to them by the Council. My #1 priority as mayor is to reinstate the resident's desired level of safety, including personnel and resources. Ben Cantu.

I would only add that in the current political environment, candidates who talk about cutting taxes appear to be a lot more popular than candidates who talk about the need to provide basic services. It is we the voters who determine the priorities. As long as tax cuts and not services are the number one priority, I think the situation will only get worse.

anthony002. None of the incumbent candidates are talking about cutting taxes, nor are they talking about improving services. Why, because they already increased taxes (for public safety) but basic services got worse. They have painted themselves into a fiscal corner (with no one to blame but themselves) and they are not willing to change the process of how they got there.

I am the only candidtate for mayor that will get things accomplished under the current fiscal situation by changing budgetting priorites, and focusing on the needs of the residents first, then the developers.

You are right to some degree, the residents should determine priorites. I have been told by many residents that #1 is safety.

I am with you. We have similar problems in our neighborhood. Indeed we wrote a 4 page letter to the chief with no response. I'm talking to Willie Weatherford today, Carlon Perry is also running for mayor is very helpful and just today I contacted Mr Cantu as well. Something must be done. We need to band together....

topaz ct is just the same , drugs eveybody wants to move but can't sell their homes. One house is all it takes,some of the renters have 3 and 4 felonys. This is the friendly city, for gangs and drugs. I felt safer in nam