![]() ![]() We are honored to have guided and supported your candidacy from beginning to end! Thank you for having the courage to be one of the first and believing in our crazy idea that Independents can run and can win. We absolutely could not have done this without you.Ĭongratulations to Bibianna for Middletown for your groundbreaking win as an **Independent** for Middletown Township Council. We cannot thank all of our supporters enough for your time and effort and truly amazing support. Thank you to each person who voted for AG! Unfortunately, AG did not win a seat on the Middletown Township Council this time around but we are thrilled that we had a very impressive showing and received over 1,000 votes! This is actually quite amazing given that we started this from scratch at the beginning of the year, and this is our first run. ![]() “To all of our wonderful supporters and amazing volunteers: We can continue this Independent movement!”Ĭongratulations on a race well run! AG Thanks his supporters and looks to the future! So, I wanted to share a quick summary of how and encourage other Independents to do the same in future local elections. That is how, at heart, I wanted to approach any run for elected office and they showed me it could be done. Over time though things have changed to allow Independents to circumvent this closed system.Ī year ago, the Ciavarellis and I discussed running as Independents in Middletown Township. The two-party system has created institutional hurdles that benefit the two major parties and discourage people from running outside of that system. It has previously been difficult to run as an Independent by design. We should expect candidates focused on community issues, not ideology, and solutions crafted by engaging the entire community, not just members of one political party. Especially at the local level where issues truly affect our daily lives yet do not necessarily just align with national political party platforms and agendas. We should not be stuck with basically a choice between two political parties versus individual candidates. Linda’s role as my campaign manager and AG’s example as an Independent candidate were invaluable, especially without reliance on political party infrastructure. AG and Linda Ciavarelli were a tremendous resource for my Independent campaign. Our campaigns were separate, yet we were united in our goal for Independent leadership and giving voters more choice in local elections. “Now that I’ve had a chance to digest the results of our Nov 5th election and absorb what this means for Independent campaigns, I want to share this guidance and lessons learned.īetween my election to Middletown Township Council and the degree of success AG Ciavarelli had with his Independent campaign in Middletown, I am confident Independents have a path to victory in local elections. Mission: Providing a safe and welcoming, sustainable, prime community.Įach department page provides an overview of the services provided by the department, staff directory, necessary documents, forms and quick links.Congratulations to Bibianna Dussling, Middletown’s FIRST Independent Councilperson! bibianna shares her thoughts on her race and running as an Independent! We strive to serve the community with our core mission and vision statements in mind. Meridian Township is a large Township comprising several departments and divisions that have very similar functions to most cities. Meridian Township operates the Harris Nature Center, Meridian Historical Village, HOMTV Government Access Channel, Snell Tower Recreation Center, Glendale Cemetery and Riverside Cometery. Meridian Township also manages and maintains parks, trails, township pathways and interurban pathways, pedestrian bridges within parks, township facilities and grounds. Meridian Township has 13 departments providing police and fire services, water and sewer services, emergency needs services, utility billing services, assessing, community planning and development and economic development services, code enforcement and rental housing inspections, information technology services and communications services. ![]()
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