WALKER WORTHY Governance Platform

Governance

• Operate a clean, honest, transparent government, including mandatory Ethics training for all City Hall staff.
• Appoint Cabinet members who are highly skilled and knowledgeable to restore standards of service and accountability in City Hall.
• Open a dialogue with the state to restore Payment in Lieu of Taxes [PILOT] funding for the 24% of the city’s land that is occupied by the capital complex tax-free.
• Work to stabilize local property taxes by bringing in development and increasing property ratables.
• Ensure that City Hall is the resource citizens deserve. Customer service will be the top priority.
• Create a 311 system with an app where citizens can report other issues such as potholes or broken street lights for immediate attention from the city.
• Restore revenue generating departments, including but not limited to inspections and parking enforcement.
• Create accountability among landlords with multiple rental properties, including business licenses and compliance with city codes.

WALKER WORTHY JR. Crime and Public Safety Platform

Crime and Public Safety

• Return to pro-active policing and tactics aimed at stopping suburban and out-of-state drug and gun buyers who come to Trenton with the intention of committing crimes.
• Use technology to make policing more efficient and effective, including solutions such as surveillance cameras and gunshot spotter technology.
• Increase opportunities for interventions and alternatives that deter crime through city wide youth programs, such as YouthStat.
• Conduct round-table discussions with community stakeholders to ensure improved public safety.
• Establish the Citizen’s Safety Initiative [CSI-Trenton] to provide technological solutions, including a smartphone app, to anonymously report suspicious activity and crimes immediately.
• Increase the number of undercover officers on city streets.
• Pursue technology grants for public safety and train officers in the latest policing technology.

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Jobs and Economy

• Use my experience and relationships with key state and county officials to create public/private partnerships and promote the benefit of doing business in Trenton.
• Utilize apprenticeship opportunities, including a Second Chance program for ex-offenders, to provide residents with marketable job skills while attracting businesses with a skilled labor pool.
• Aggressively pursue revenue and funding opportunities to maintain municipal infrastructures.
• Ensure all pending and future development provides a long-term benefit to the city.
• Create a “prompt payment” policy that ensures contractors with the city will be paid in a timely manner, allowing small business to better compete for work with the city.
• Establish a Redevelopment Authority and work with inspections, planning and zoning departments to get development projects fast-tracked.
• Bring vacant land back into use, including developing the waterfront and bringing in casino gaming.
• Foster and develop a heritage tourism industry. Build on the successes of Patriots Week and capitalize on Trenton’s significance in American history.
• Work with local banks to take advantage of civic investment and financing opportunities through the federal Community Reinvestment Act.
• Establish and maintain “round table” forums with business and labor stakeholders, in order to share valuable insight and advice on economic and job issues as they arise.
• Establish a division of contract compliance to enforce, for the benefit of job seekers and wage earners, the contractual promise of affirmative action and equal employment opportunity required of those who do business with the city of Trenton.

Walker Worthy for Mayor Trenton, NJ

This is one of 8 mayoral candidates for Trenton New Jersey upcoming mayoral race.  

AT A GLANCE

• Born in Trenton in 1963 to Walker M. Worthy Sr. and Jerlene “Cookie” Humphries Worthy.
• Graduated from Tennessee State University; B.A., History.
• Appointed Deputy Clerk of Mercer County, the first African-American to hold that position. Worked as an educator at Trenton Public Schools. Served as a legislative aide in the New Jersey General Assembly.
• Attends Shiloh Baptist Church; serves on the Board of Trustees.
• Member of the NAACP, Tennessee State University Alumni Association, Correctional Officers Association of New Jersey, and National Education Association; Chair of the Mercer Pan Hellenic Council, Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity; Vice-Chair of the Trenton Public Education Foundation.

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