Mayor City
Proposals and opinions from a candidate for mayor, published anonymously so they are judged on their merits. Read them, then argue with them.
A candidate's ideas, put on the table
Mayor City will publish articles on the issues a mayor has to decide. Each one is written to be tested by people who disagree.
Proposals
Specific plans for the city: what to do, how it would work, and what it would cost.
Opinions
Plain statements of where this candidate stands, with the reasoning shown.
Open to change
Every article invites its best counterargument, and the ideas get revised when someone makes a better case.
You're invited to push back
Campaigns usually trade slogans. This site is an attempt at something harder: ideas stated clearly enough that you can attack them, and that the public can see you attack.
The author is staying anonymous on purpose, so the conversation is about the proposals and not the person who wrote them. If you think an idea is wrong, say why. If you think it can be better, show how.
- DiscussRespond to a proposal and tell us where you agree.
- DebateTake the other side in public, on the specifics.
- ArgueFind the weak point and press on it.
- ImproveOffer a better version and we'll say so when it is.
Every article answers four questions
So anyone, candidate or resident, knows exactly what is being claimed.
- What is the proposal? One clear statement, in plain language.
- Why would it work? The reasoning and evidence behind it.
- Who pays, and who benefits? The tradeoffs, stated up front.
- What would change my mind? The strongest objection, and what it would take to win it.