VoteSimiValley.com was inspired by the Bruce Witkin for Mayor of Simi Valley Campaign in 2008. For years, I’ve been quite simply voting for the incumbents throughout local elections. In 2008, however, an editorial in the Simi Valley Acorn got me thinking. The writer suggested that our locally elected officials are never challenged which is most certainly a fact in regards to the position of Mayor.

To my surprise, Bruce Witkin read the same editorial in the paper and responded by announcing his campaign for Mayor of Simi Valley. Immediately, I was inspired. When Witkin described himself as a family man and a local business owner with goals to make our city better for those in business for themselves, I was excited. But considering my voting history, and the voting history of many other registered voters in Simi Valley, I wondered how Mr. Witkin could possibly have a chance?

And then VoteSimiValley.com was born. It seems that if we simply gather as a community and talk about what issues are important to us, we’ll find candidates who represent those issues and, simply enough, we’ll vote for them! We not only need to challenge those who are running for re-election, we need to get them campaigning and connecting with us as a community so that we can all be certain they are truly representing us.

I’m not simply for or against anyone or any issue. I just want to provide a platform on which to discuss candidates and Simi Valley issues.

Who Am I?

I’m an average Joe with a passion for technology, specifically web technology. I am NOT a reporter, so not all of my content will be objective, some of it will be riddled with my opinions. I am not perfect, and I’m pretty comfortable with the idea that I won’t be able to please everyone. If you’re here and reading, hopefully you are comfortable with that notion too.

About Comments

I encourage comments on my blog posts. I think discussions are an important part of discovering who to vote for and what issues are important to us. Initially, I had hoped that comments could remain moderator-free, but the issues we discuss on this site stir emotions. I will not tolerate personal attacks of any kind. Comments that consist of personal attacks will be removed. Repeat offenders will be banned.

We have to walk a very fine line here. Commentators are often critical of politicians and their policies. I encourage criticism when its purpose is to engage in debate on important issues. But when criticism goes from constructive to personal, it will be taken down.

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