Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-02-18
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the ticket this particular person
is organizing"
Mr.. Redkey pointed out he had
answered all queries on chow
Twinbrook stands" by saying that
the area will record in the pri-
vacy of the polling booth exact
ly where it stands" and that mo.
body controls nor can deliver the
Twinbrook vote, and anyone who
says he can is a fool or worse" "
He said the Association, and
particularly its officers, should
make clear distinction between
what we say or do as officers
or members of the Association
and what we do as individuals. y
He said he considered it his first
duty to abide by the policies OF
Association.
= At the same time, Mr.. Redkey
said, he wanted the Association
to know his personal opinions
or prejudices."
He said he believes reform in
Rockville city government is long
overdue. Il am not interested in
vilifying anyone - least of all
present officials or others who
may disagree with me-" he said
Principles and sound construc
tive proposals interest me much
more. II believe Fundamentally
in democratic procedure, full in
formation about the public's bust
ness, and faith in the people and
their ability to solve their prob
lens. Any attempt to set Twin
brook or other new residents
against old residents is sheer
demagoguery and not in the in
terest of either good government
or a good city. Il believe that any
group seeking office should sc
conduct itself that if elected il
can govern wisely and well, and
not discredit its supporters. We
need to pay more attention to
facts, principles and public un.
derstanding of problems than we
do to personalities.
"Since last summer, Mr.. Red.
key said, there has been a suffici.
ency of noise about city govern
ment. "Some Incorporate state,
ments were made and circulated
that created unnecessary bitter.
ness. Two very constructive
things, however, have emerged.
"The first of these was the
action of the Mayor and Council,
taken on the recommendation OF
. citizens associations all over the
city. / refer to the extension of
the registration period, authorize.
ton of a modern registration
system, provision for three neigh.
borhood registration places, and
a commitment to provide un.
crowded polling places convent
entity located. The Mayor and
Council deserve great credit for
that.
Good Government
THE second was nominating
procedure initiated by the group
known as Citizens for Good Gov.
eminent. Representative citizens
from all over the city were called
into conference and carefully
told that they had been invited
as individuals and not as repre-.
sentatives of any organization to
which they might belong. These
community representatives were
then asked to use their best judg-
ment in selecting a slate of candi
dates, and assured that Citizens
for Good Government would
abide by the decision and make
the choices its own. No one was
asked to join Citizens for Good
Government, nor to commit him
self in any way. / have never
seen more democratic procedure,
a more impartial chairman OF
a group of people more obviously
devoted to what they believed to
be the best interests of all the
people of the city.
Support
GAS a result of what / have
seen / have confidence that Cit
zens for good Good Government is
broadly based in its membership