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James Burgess for Ashburn City Council

Area 1 of 8

Know Your City

You can't hold anybody accountable to a system nobody explained.

7 commitments4 in the first 90 days5 I can do alone

The problem

Most people here were never taught how their own city works. They call the city about the school board. They blame the council for the county's ambulance. They don't know what a development authority is, when the budget gets set, or that they can stand up and speak at a meeting. That is not anybody's fault. Nobody ever told them.

What the city actually controls

Everything in this pillar. It costs almost nothing and needs nobody's permission.

One person asking is a complaint. A whole lot of people asking is a priority. But people can only ask if somebody showed them where the door is.

Commitments

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52 commitments across 8 areas.

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