BROCKTON 2ND MAYORAL DEBATE BETWEEN MAYOR LINDA BALZOTTI AND BILL CARPENTER

BROCKTON MAYORAL DEBATE WILLIAM CARPENTER AND MAYOR LINDA BALZOTTI

BCA/WXBR Brockton Ward 5 City Council Debate (10-14-13) BETWEEN OLLIE SPEARS AND DENNIS DENAPOLI

Interview with Brockton City Council-At-Large Candidate Anthony Doneghan on PM in the Am-WXBR-1460-AM

Mayor of Brockton Linda Balzotti joins Peter Czymbor & Mike Paiva in studio on WXBR 1460-AM.

Peter Czymbor & Mike Paiva chat with candidate for Mayor of Brockton Bill Carpenter on WXBR 1460-AM.

Interview with candidate for Brockton City Council-At-Large Paul Beckner on WXBR 1460-AM.

ROBERT SULLIVAN BROCKTON COUNCILOR AT LARGE INTERVIEW ON PM IN THE AM WXBR 1460- AM

JASS STEWART BROCKTON COUNCILOR AT LARGE INTERVIEW ON PM IN THE AM WXBR 1460-AM

CRAIG PINA CANDIDATE FOR BROCKTON COUNCILOR AT LARGE INTERVIEW ON PM IN THE AM WXBR 1460-AM

To all Brocktonians and Hubsters

To all Brocktonians and Hubsters:
I have an idea that might help with our problem of public safety and violence in our City. As we all know we are down about 100 patrolmen in order to satisfactorily cover crime throughout. I am developing ideas to help now and in the future. 

One ideas is, I am going to propose a Brockton Police Academy be developed. We train our own and those from other communities. What better place to learn how to be real law enforcement officials. I can see them running up and down Main St. Pleasant st etc. and utilizing the fairgrounds for training exercises. Who better to train cadets than the best Police force in the state. It would show the people that we are serious about stemming this lawlessness and violence. 

Let me know your thoughts and any obstacles you might think that we need to overcome. We, the people, can make this happen. 

Paul
Candidate for Councilor at Large. Www.paulbeckner.com

Ward 3 Meeting

• Dates: 22 – 23 Oct, 2013
• Location: Brockton, Mass.
• Address: 900 Ash Street
• Contact: Dennis Eaniri
• Phone: (508) 587-1513

Ward 3 City Councilor Dennis Eaniri will host a Ward Meeting Tuesday, Oct, 22^nd from 7-9 p.m. in the cafeteria of the John F. Kennedy School, 900 Ash St.  Guest speakers will be: Police Chief Emanuel Gomes, Charles Kilmer of the Old Colony Planning Council, and Police Officer William Healey.

For more information, call (508) 587-1513.

Brockton Fights Back Fundraiser

 

Paul Beckner's Platform for a Better Brockton

BECKNER FOR A BETTER BROCKTON!

As City-wide Councilors we need to collaborate on ideas together by using social media, being visible in the community, visiting homes and promoting group block meetings not just Ward meetings. Interaction with all of our diverse community leaders is imperative in order to accomplish our objective to bring our community together as one collective, vibrant, innovative and compassionate force pulling together to promote economic growth and safer community to live in.

A. Pairing together with business leaders and the new City Planner, we need an immediate restructuring of the heart of our Main Street area beginning with returning the area from Court St. to Belmont St. back into two way traffic. This would likely mean changing other streets such as Belmont St. from Warren Ave to Main St. and Warren Ave itself. I would propose a program where we could ask for sponsorship from wealthy individuals to maintain our roads and restructure Main St. In return we could co-name the streets that are sponsored after the sponsoring party.

 B. As for Safety; adding more Police is a huge priority. We should consider a “closing down” of our entire City at 2:00am. (This was a suggestion from a concerned citizen). This would show a seriousness and absolute commitment to making our City a safer more respectable place to live. Gangs and groups of youths and young adults wanting to hang around while awaiting disturbances to break out will be disbursed. The influx of the criminal element coming to Brockton at all hours of the night and morning will be lessened and Brockton will be less inviting to those peddling drugs, prostitution and desiring to commit criminal acts. In addition; adding a mandatory course to our school curriculum concerning Violence and Lawlessness and how it affects not just the victim and their family but also the perpetrators family and the community as a whole, while inviting guest speakers into the classroom to tell of their experiences with Violence and Lawlessness would have immeasurable effects on preventing root of crime.

C. Finding new ways of creating revenue for our City can be done again through collaborating and soliciting ideas. I have several that have been proposed to me but I do not feel that they are a solution yet but rather viable “last resorts”. We can maximize our collection of fines and moving violations and maximize our share of the revenues from such. This would require lobbying the State. We can ask for emergency funds to help with crime. This is not to mention the $millions that our CFO has stashed away in investments but is reluctant to use. I should note; that I spent 3.5 hours with our CFO, Mr. Condon studying our City budget and I have learned a little something by running an $11 million retail store over the years.

D. We need to start the New Year and the New Council by pledging to stall the continuing march on raising property taxes every year. I pledge to never vote for a tax hike while on our City Council. I will never vote for a budget that contains a tax hike without the consent of the people. (I don’t envision that happening) We need to force the hand of Aquaria and throw that Desalination Plant, contract away. Power Plant notwithstanding, it will bring us $6.2 million and let us begin the road to putting that fiasco behind us. We can then start anew to plan for a back-up water source and perhaps a power source that will benefit Brockton by helping to lower our electric bills.

 E. The Stonehill contract needs to be settled ASAP….Dragged out negotiating? It’s getting nowhere and still costing us money with each passing day. And the Rox Stadium and the Conference Center should be sold to private investors.

 F. We need to begin cutting back on subsidized housing and the construction of such. As compassionate as it is, Brockton has done its share and it is sucking the life force from our City. We need to rebound and grow economically and community-wise before taking on any more affordable housing units. Truth be told; the waiting list for these units will never subside but will only continue to grow if we continue to embrace, this situation. Our hearts bleed for these people as we all should, but it’s time for other surrounding communities to step up to the plate and to share in the burden of this compassionate effort.

 ***These were a few of my ideas and the ideas of others who have expressed their thoughts to me. I will continue to post more as they come along. We need to promote more community participation and I will encourage your participation when I am elected by expanding interactive social media and having more face to face meetings with our citizens.

 God Bless all our many and various religious and civic organizations.

Paul Beckner

WWW.PAULBECKNER.COM