In Lewiston Idaho a group of us are following Bill Whittle’s advice to take country back from the bottom up by creating a PAC called “Lewiston SMART”. Our valley is majority conservative, however, government is controlled by minority Democrats and liberal politicians. Our first effort to take back our local government is to change the City of Lewiston government from being run by and UNELECTED liberal City Manager back to an ELECTED Strong Mayor who will answer to the voters. Our petition drive just turned in enough valid signatures to get our Strong Mayor Initiative on the Nov 2nd Ballot! Below is our latest press release:
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(March 26, 2021)
Lewiston SMART’s “Strong Mayor” Ballot Initiative Collects Enough Valid Signatures to Make it on the Nov 2nd Ballot
Just one month after a local group of concerned Lewiston residents formed Lewiston SMART, a political action committee with the goal of returning government to the people, their petition has collected the necessary valid signatures to place the Lewiston “Strong Mayor” Initiative on the November 2nd Ballot.
Lewiston SMART’s “Strong Mayor” petition drive started less than a month ago and quickly gained over 50 volunteers who began collecting signatures. Yesterday, the Nez Perce County Clerk, Patty Weeks, informed Lewiston SMART that her office has validated the necessary number of signatures to certify the initiative for the November 2nd Ballot. The initiative will be named “Proposition One” on November’s ballot.
Lewiston SMART believes that Lewiston’s current format of Council-Manager city government is failing to serve its citizens. The Lewiston City Manager operates with little accountability to the voters. Lewiston SMART’s “Strong Mayor” Ballot Initiative, Proposition One, will give the voters the opportunity to continue the current dysfunctional Council-Manager Plan or change Lewiston’s form of government to an ELECTED Mayor who manages the city and is accountable directly to the voters. Virtually every other city in Idaho has a “Strong Mayor” form of government.
Lewiston SMART believes Lewiston voters deserve the opportunity to choose Lewiston’s form of government and will continue to circulate petitions until the April 30th deadline. We hope to accumulate over 3000 signatures to demonstrate that Lewiston residents want change.
Lewiston SMART plans a “Strong Mayor/Proposition One” campaign kickoff at 4pm Friday April 30th on the front step of Lewiston City Hall. Lt Gov Janice McGeachin will keynote this event that will start with a WWII Warbird fly-over! Please plan to attend this event and help us change Lewiston for the better!
Lewiston SMART will also be conducting numerous educational events for the public to gain additional information about how a “Strong Mayor” government will benefit the community as well as how to participate in the campaign and just say “No!” –
Proposition One: Shall the City of Lewiston retain its organization under the “council-manager plan”?
Vote: “ No” and Lewiston will change to an ELECTED Strong Mayor form of government!
“No (more…unaccountable City Manager!)”
“No (more…emergency powers given to an UNELECTED City Manager!)”
“No (more…hidden illegal transfers of money from city utilities to other projects!)”
“No (more…barriers between elected officials and city staff!)”
For additional information, please feel free to contact Joseph Gish or Maureen Anderson @
Lewiston S – Strong
M – Mayor
A – Accountable to the Voters!
R – Responsive to the People!
T – Tax Payers have a VOICE!
2 replies on “Lewiston SMART is Implementing Bill’s “Bottom up” Strategy”
This is great!
Great work. And excellent control of the use of the language in both the proposition and the PAC name.