I am running for mayor to get my hometown back on top, not to get a job, or higher office. My goal is to establish Binghamton's reputation as the safest and cleanest city in upstate New York.
True long term commitment to our city, and proven political independence is needed to lead that effort.
I live minutes from where I was born and from where my great-great grandparents rest. For 15 years I've publicly offered ideas to improve our city, not just when it's election time. I'm my own man, not just another front man, or yes man, and I am not owned by anyone.
I tell people what they need to know, not only what they want to hear. I can tell you for sure, when I am mayor, those paying the freight will come first. That hasn't happened around here in a long time, and that has to change.
—Douglas Walter Drazen
Oh the moaning, wailing and gnashing of teeth in some quarters recently, because Binghamton mayor Matt Ryan raised a flag, and put up a sign at City Hall. But shed no tears my friends, shed no tears.
Had the former mayor’s former front man won the ‘09 race , taxes would be raised, expenditures would be [...]
For all you Binghamton voters still crying over the 2009 mayoral results, and are blaming me about it, dry your eyes for a moment, and consider the following:
Even if it is true I got Matt Ryan elected mayor of Binghamton, which it is not, the term limits case I won in 1994, insures he cannot [...]
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Read full post...BINGHAMTON – October 29, 2009 – Independent candidate Douglas Walter Drazen is denouncing his opponents’ practices of having people associated with their campaigns or with former local political officials sending letters to the editor, without disclosing their interest or association. Numerous such letters have appeared in the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin this week supporting [...]
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