My name is Chaz Hollis Bolte and I am running for Mayor of Emsworth because I believe in the power of communities coming together to make progress. I grew up in Glenshaw, PA and went to Shaler Area High School and then Slippery Rock University where i studied Multimedia Technology. After college my wife Jennifer and I moved to Brooklyn, NY where i worked for the communications department of the AFL-CIO BCTC in Manhattan. While in that position I helped teach labor groups how to use the internet to organize and inform its membership. I also researched and studied prevailing wage laws and how they effect construction budgets and local economies.
As Mayor I hope to improve Borough Communications in order to better serve Emsworth. Facebook and NextDoor are great, but are used by a smaller percentage of citizens than simpler and more efficient tools such as email, text services, and newsletters. I would make a Mayor’s Monthly Newsletter which I would self distribute throughout the Borough. It would have a calendar of Borough and local events as well as useful information pertaining to being a citizen. I would provide free advertising in the newsletter for Emsworth businesses. I would also make it a focus to talk to citizens about how they could be better served and communicated with to ensure they were informed.
The reality of the position of Mayor in a Borough the size of Emsworth is that my only function in lawmaking would be breaking a tie on a 7 member council. Therefore my accomplishments would come from time I spent in the community on every other day of the month other than the council meeting.
As Mayor I could act as a one man communications department for the borough while assisting the council in promoting their projects and events. The simple act of sending out press released would promote the Borough while triggering search algorithms to show our accomplishments instead of our embarrassments.
Join me and my fellow Emsworth Democrats as we fight to make Emsworth a better place for all.
Chaz Bolte For Mayor 