In a very plain talk to a Post reporter, Mrs. Moore said that she would be a candidate and that she would not be candidate for re-election, offering for one term only. Mrs. Moore is outspoken in her positions, as those hwo know her are well aware. She is no hedger or trimmer and believes what she believes and stands for what she stands for.
“I want the people to run the town,” she said. “I am tired of one man rule and believe that the mayor should be an instrument of the people and not in any sense of the word a dictator. I am for just and equal enforcement of the laws and believe that the laws of the city should be enforced or wiped off the books.”
Mrs. Moore was asked what she meant by the people running the town. She replied that she was in favor of the people getting what they wanted, not what some one else thought they wanted; in favor of the taxpayers being treated as masters, not servants.
“No favors to any one,” Mrs. Moore continued. “I have no favorites, no favors for friends, and no punishment for foes. I want justice and equity in every walk of life.”
Asked if she was a candidate for mayor subject to the Democratic nomination, Mrs. Moore spoke most assuringly. She stated emphatically that she was a Democrat, that her first vote was unscratched and for Democrats, and her nomination will be subject to the Democratic primaries.
Mrs. Moore gave the newspaper man to understand that she has some well defined ideas about civic matters, about municipal affairs and that she would put these into practice as an official of the city. Just what she means by this is reflected in the few brief statements which she made and is quoted above.
From the front page of The Mount Airy News, Thursday, March 3, 1921
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