socialist towns

[cccpcommie]

Greetings and salutations. I a few days ago noticed some socialist mayor pins..my town is in need of a little bit of a change. i was wondering say if i were to become the towns next mayor, what could i change or do? i am a socialist and i do live in a small town. the people here would vote for me if i weren't corrupt, could handle easy problems i.e. (my neighbors tree branch is hitting my sat. dish. lol). The last mayor we had(along with a few nearby towns) stole a lot of money from the people. I would like to know what i could possibly do since this country isnt socialist. What are my boundries? thank you

[which doctor]

I say go for it, run a campighn based on putting the town and it's citizens first. You don't have you market yourself as socailist if you don't want to, just make your goals clear.

[Organic Revolution]

i dont think that it is against the law to be a socialist mayor, but im not sure.

[praxis1966]

Depending on where you are, calling yourself a socialist is political suicide. You can definately have a socialist agenda, I just wouldn't call it that. And no, it's not illegal.

[Latifa]

Using the word socialist in local body politics is the kiss of death IMHO. Avoid it. A rose by another name wouldn't smell as sweet.

[CrazyModerate]

I'd say run as a friendly person that will put citizens before big business, will interact with citizens, promote transparanecy and getting rid of corruption. You can't do that much with small town local/regional/ politics in terms of socialist policy.

In a small town it may also just come down to a popularity contest or something stupid like that.

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

"Independent Workers Candidate" seems to be a popular one, but do you really want to hide what you really represent? I think that's a sticky subject.

As for me, I never pretend to be anything but a communist, for better or worse.

[Tekun]

Originally posted by [email protected] 28 2005, 07:07 AM
"Independent Workers Candidate" seems to be a popular one, but do you really want to hide what you really represent? I think that's a sticky subject.

As for me, I never pretend to be anything but a communist, for better or worse.
Yep, thats a good way to go, "Independent Workers Candidate"
But with all the brainwashing that's occurred in the last few years in the US, I doubt whether you'll gain popular support

Nowadays, anybody who's not a republican in small towns is cast aside
Besides, the majority of the small towns seem to be conservative and republican

U are in teh US, right? ;)
If not, then disregard what I just said :D

[citizen_snips]

I don't think you need to say "socialist", I think that your policies and your actions should speak for themselves. If you're acting in these people's interests then that's the best way to win their support.

I'm all for honesty, but from what I've heard about Americans (obviously not the ones who post on this board, the others who are fed constant rubbish through tv and haven't questioned what they're told) they have been heavily indoctrinated to believe that "socialism" basically equates to traitorousness and being an enemy of freedom. So be honest if you will, but don't be surprised if you have to spend the rest of the campaign in a tshirt saying "I'M NOT STALIN"!

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

The only way they'll ever know the truth is if someone offers it. They sure won't get it on TV.

[bolshevik butcher]

You should really just tell poeple about what you want at a practical levle first. If people like that then maybe you should go onto to say its socialist and so on.

[drain.you]

Gotta ask yourself, who votes in these kind of elections? Your profile says your in the US and I don't really know much about American local politics but here in the UK the interest in local politics is minimum and the people who vote tend to be the old and dying rather than the young and living.
You'll have to figure who you are really aiming your campaign at and what they expect from a mayor.