CEDAR RAPIDS, IA. -- Saying that citizen participation is the key to effective representation, Cedar Rapids mayoral candidate, Ron Corbett, launched an online survey asking citizens to provide input on issues ranging from taxes to crime to the new City Hall.
"Every citizen should have a quick, easy way to provide input to its leaders, so I have launched an online survey which is an easy way to do just that," said Corbett. "We will tabulate our survey results and pass the results on to city leaders."
The City has recently conducted a phone survey at a cost close to $50,000. Even with that much money being spent, the opinion of less than 1000 citizens will be included in the survey.
"If voters choose me to serve as mayor, it's my intention to see that important issues are regularly put to voters to seek input from the comfort of their homes. We can do this by offering an online survey option that can be done at a personal computer or at our Cedar Rapids library," said Corbett.
The survey can be found at http://www.RonCorbett.com and consists of 16 short questions. Most citizens can complete the survey in 3-5 minutes.
"When I served as Speaker of the House, I would regularly mail a paper survey to people who lived in my district. Today, everything has changed. The City needs to use technology to make citizens full partners in the governing of this community. That will go a long way in making sure our representative government is one that empowers everyone who wants to participate," said Corbett. Paid for by Corbett for Mayor
"Every citizen should have a quick, easy way to provide input to its leaders, so I have launched an online survey which is an easy way to do just that," said Corbett. "We will tabulate our survey results and pass the results on to city leaders."
The City has recently conducted a phone survey at a cost close to $50,000. Even with that much money being spent, the opinion of less than 1000 citizens will be included in the survey.
"If voters choose me to serve as mayor, it's my intention to see that important issues are regularly put to voters to seek input from the comfort of their homes. We can do this by offering an online survey option that can be done at a personal computer or at our Cedar Rapids library," said Corbett.
The survey can be found at http://www.RonCorbett.com and consists of 16 short questions. Most citizens can complete the survey in 3-5 minutes.
"When I served as Speaker of the House, I would regularly mail a paper survey to people who lived in my district. Today, everything has changed. The City needs to use technology to make citizens full partners in the governing of this community. That will go a long way in making sure our representative government is one that empowers everyone who wants to participate," said Corbett. Paid for by Corbett for Mayor
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