Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-04
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What Some Other Cities of State
Think of Commission Government
Can EditoriaI)

An
What already commission form
considerable importance
deciding good thing adopt
of government was started
and how finally hrtynne munci
little investigation into the
some under the rule might throw
the subject
Let be said at the outset that the
does not please everybody wiz is also
true that results cities
much favor of commission govern
expected too much and they We're
greatly disappointed did to their
The fact remains opinion
secured it usually whole conditions are
much better and the people municipal
affairs under the old system Of
with all the numerous separate boards
an authority in ITSELF
Trenton being the first city to
of cities in this state it is interesting 10 see
of the system there In report issued Dy e board
Commissioners
experience Onehalf under
that this system Of administering
affairs many the old ouncnanic pan me
advantages the old plan are:
1) Efficiency all details of city business
s) City required to give all Of then
time. during the citrs business
Responsibility for condition existing IN the cry Is a
and definitely fixed =
5) by abolition of political jobs
s) service when not subjected to the
7, y the abolition of committees transaction
all public meetings by one small governing D0dy n
governing in direct touch with the goSerneo
"s) The expenses reduced minimum with
ont the sacrifice Of mpro and efficiency.
business the city to the administration OF Inc ~
legitimate business" .s,
Een Commission Plan In this pamphlet
.,,
lies in the provisions Conditions that
predominant unmpOant factors in municipal
no longer grappe present Cities that keep
apace instead of progressing will hnd
municipal corporation the same as 0
corporation of the present day if de-
sres to take foremost American cities
Commission government. measurabe extent met with i'm
modern features thaVa lacking
lie charters many of our cities"
Discussing the results in Trenton. Donneny
demonstrated beyond the dreams
superiority of the new system Both
rapid strides Again
improvements and accomplishments
Trenton under commission government ad
curtaiment would be bordering
impossible destruction politics
90 orr governing body NOT one partisan vote having
been during the
that commission comprises three Democrats and two Repu0
page after Mayor onney goes
results under commission government But
this is unnecessary Commission government
the 500 American ciof all sizes
and descriptionave tir
instance has city reverted to its
In Jersey City and I4oboken the comnssion
Hudson Teuid
startling any
politicians
that
conditions are better under the they
success? admits frankly that
politics
Dispatch strictly poll
teal other government Any system
be
automatically produce good
government
the character the for the kind
win be had wonderful things
commission
first talked here in New that They
forgot that this form of be BY human
THE FACT REMAINS HOWEVER, HoBOIKEN JERSEY
BOTH COMMISSION
THAN THEY EVER ALDERMANIC AND
CoUNCnsIaNIc
authoritative
the understood to
cities politics Of the
predomina that municipal affairs
that commission
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