The First Fishers City Council Election

Tomorrow, November 4, 2014, the voters of Fishers will go to the polls to elect their very first CITY council.  This has been a long time coming, and was over the determined opposition of those in Town Hall, who did everything possible to delay, obstruct, and defeat the City referendum which passed in 2012.

But tomorrow's election is only for a ONE year term. This only lasts until NEXT year, 2015, when Fishers goes on the regular municipal election cycle again and elects Mayor, City Clerk, and City Council for a full 4-year term.

Why is that?  A little history is in order.  CityYes was formed in 2008, with me as its first chair, to promote the change to a city.  In May 2010, the day before the primary, we submitted our petitions asking for the referendum to be held in the November 2010 general election.  But at that time, the Town Council had total control over when to schedule the referendum.  So what did they do?  They created a "merger" process to create a "fake city" with an unelected/appointed figurehead "mayor" and stalled the referenda (there were now two, one for the city, one for the "merger") to November 2012.

Remember the black on yellow "Don't Be Tricked" signs?  Well they worked, and the merger went down in flames, defeated nearly 2-1 and the City referendum passed by a healthy margin.  I am proud of the work I did with CityYes in making sure the will of the people was heard.

But if the referendum had passed in 2010, we would have had our first City election in 2011 for a full four year term and these races this year for mayor and council would not be happening.

So, if you don't like that, and NONE of the current council members supported the City referendum, then I ask for your vote tomorrow, for that and many other reasons.  Remember, I fought HARD for the will of the people to be heard, and I will continue to do so if elected to the City Council.

Remember, always remember....

DON'T BE TRICKED!