{"id":782,"date":"2015-10-03T16:28:33","date_gmt":"2015-10-03T20:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zacharybaiel.com\/blog\/?p=782"},"modified":"2015-10-03T16:29:39","modified_gmt":"2015-10-03T20:29:39","slug":"west-lafayette-city-council-district-3-candidate-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zacharybaiel.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/03\/west-lafayette-city-council-district-3-candidate-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"West Lafayette City Council District 3 Candidate Interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been lucky enough to acquire a handful of minutes over the past few weeks (in between family, work, and public meetings) to interview the District 3 candidates for West Lafayette City Council. For this round of interviews, I chose to focus on the topics of transparency and open government.<\/p>\n

Of the three candidates, I asked the following questions:<\/p>\n

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  1. What are your views on transparency in government?<\/li>\n
  2. In what ways is the City of West Lafayette open and transparent?<\/li>\n
  3. In what ways can the City of West Lafayette become more proactively transparent.<\/li>\n
  4. If elected, how would you help citizens become more informed and knowledgeable of the City’s plans and actions?<\/li>\n
  5. How do you currently assess the City’s utilization of the Internet?<\/li>\n
  6. Can a government be too open, too transparent, too accountable?<\/li>\n
  7. Final thoughts?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Democrat Joelle Jones<\/h2>\n

    Independent Donnie Spencer<\/h2>\n

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    Republican Aseem Jha<\/h2>\n

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    \n    Download the MP3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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