Pomona doesn’t suffer from a lack of candidates. It suffers from a lack of clarity.
Every election cycle brings the same rhythm, polished mailers, vague promises, and candidates who somehow manage to speak at length without saying much at all. Everything is calibrated, nothing is committed to.
The Pomonan is opening its platform to candidates who are willing to write an op-ed in their own words. No moderator. No consultant polishing it down to something forgettable. No hiding behind “we’ll look into it.”
What is Pomona getting wrong? What would you cut, change, or stop doing? Where do you disagree with the people you’re running against, or the people already in office? And more importantly, why?
This isn’t a trap, and it’s not a debate stage. It’s a blank page. What you choose to do with it says more than any forum answer ever will.
Submissions will NOT BE EDITED. Your position stands as you write it.
We’ll publish them as they come in. No rankings, no endorsements, just a public record of who is willing to speak plainly and who isn’t.
If you’re running for office, this is the ask: write something real, and put your name on it.
Submit to submission@thepomonan.com
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