Transparency

Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

And Nathan Brinkman is committed to new era of open government and transparent leadership.

Don’t believe me? Call him right now and ask him yourself.

Dial (201) 724-6959. That’s his cell phone.

But true transparency and open government isn’t just about being able to reach your political leaders.

It’s about being able to see what government is doing, on a day-to-day basis, without having to “run the traps” or deal with the red tape of bureaucracy.

How about an online, easily searchable database, containing information on every contract the city enters into with a private vendor?

How about an online, easily searchable database, containing information on every dollar spent by the city?

Taxpayers deserve to know how their dollars are being spent. And because an informed citizenry is a politically powerful citizenry, our political leaders will think twice about questionable spending.