Jasbinder Singh, Neighbor

It is my pleasure to announce the initiation of a new blog. Its motto is:

“It Is Our Government; We Should Know How It Makes Decisions.

It Is Our Money; We Ought To Know How Our Government Spends It.”

Only after serving as your councilmember from 2010 until 2012, did I realize how little our citizens know about how money and politics interact in the town and how our government really makes its decisions.  It is my hope that the blog will fill in the gap and initiate a process of reforming the government. 

The idea behind the blog is quite simple.  We will present summaries of well-researched, fact-based articles about important Town Council decisions that affect, (1) the size of potential or actual expenditures, (2) our politics, and (3) our quality of life. 

For instance, my first article about the Shared-Parking policy, presents a fascinating picture of how businesses who are supposed to pay 60%, would end up paying, at best, 20% of a $7-$10 million downtown garage.  One of the questions it answers is, “How did this happen?”

The detailed articles will be posted on another blog called Herndon Opinion by Jasbinder Singh and friends.  Please visit http://herndonopinion.com to read the article on the shared parking program.

The summaries of the articles and THE WAY FORWARD, on the other hand, will be posted on Herndon Patch and Herndon Opinion.  Please comment to initiate public discussion.  I will join in the discussion only to clarify the facts given in blog