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Most Outstanding Mayor Award 2016

e enter the electoral season with new and old players
challenging the mayoral elective position, all wishing
FOREWORD Wto be the chief executive of cities and municipalities
throughout the country. This election was launched months before
the campaign period with boots on the ground for grassroots
support, for those seeking re-election as well as for new aspirants
wishing to challenge sitting mayors. The incumbent mayors do, of
course, have the edge, not only for their authority and influence, but
for the effective leadership they have shown their constituents. It is
all about achievements. How do we generate the awareness needed
for constituents to see and understand what a mayor’s projects are
all about?

It is about the efficacy of those projects and their immediate
and long term successes. There are alternatives beyond the infamous
“epal” perspective using billboards to laud specific projects under a
mayor’s watch.

The Most Outstanding Mayor Award is the testament of one’s
achievements. It is the alternative to identifying specific projects
through billboards and other media. The acknowledgment of
participating in and having been Awarded Most Outstanding
Mayor itself, together with its publication, celebrates a mayor’s
achievements. There is no other strategic or pragmatic approach that
celebrates achievements and recognizes authority and effectiveness
as the mayor who has superbly served constituents.

To all those awarded Most Outstanding Mayor, kudos and
more power!

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