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Araya To Go Door Knocking For
Votes
If you live in San José, the
knock on your door during the
next month and a half could be
that of Johnny Araya, mayor of
San José, looking for your vote
in the December 3 mayoral
elections.
Araya announced yesterday at a
press conference that he will be
out five days a week until
election day so that residents
can meet their local government
and his plans to repopulate the
capital, provide better security
for all citizens and a cleaner
environment.
"I will begin in San Franciso de
Dos Rios, but will visit all 11
districts of San José, including
Pavas, Hatillo, San Sebastián,
where the large number of
citizens will get my message
directly", said the mayor.
Araya said that there will no
"plaza públicas" (town square
meetings), but rather, he will
walk the streets of the various
communities looking for support
of the voters. "The best way to
campaign is to get close to the
people", said Araya.
Araya has been at the head of
San José for the last 15 years
with six weeks to go in his last
term.
Part of his election campaign is
to continue his programs of
revitalizing the downtown core,
with more pedestrian boulevards,
the construciton of more
residential condominiums and
more security for people to walk
the streets day or night. One of
his "important" programs, as he
calls it, that he will be
continuing is his is "Cruzadas
de Fe y Esperanza" (Crusade of
faith and hope) as he tries to
help the more than 100 addicts
and indigenous that live on the
streets of the city.
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