Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome
announces what he has accomplished during the four years of his term.
Manoon Makpol
As he prepares to stand for re-election, Pattaya
Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome announced that a poll commissioned by his
campaign team showed 78.1 percent of Pattaya’s residents were “very
satisfied” with his job performance.
Not an independent survey, the Burapha University
opinion poll of residents of 38 Pattaya neighborhoods found 17.2 percent
were “satisfied” with Itthiphol’s 13 “‘Together We Think and Act’”
strategies, while 3.5 percent had no opinion and just 1.1 percent
declared they were unsatisfied. Neither the margin of error nor the
number of residents taking the poll was disclosed.
The strategies, the mayor said, group his track
record of accomplishments for the past four years and include efforts on
drug and traffic control, tourism and public relations, education,
public utility development, sports and recreation, promotion of local
economic development, environmental preservation, ethics and tradition,
water supply and alternative energy, city planning and employment.
The mayor’s term ends May 4, and the law states that
an election must be held within 45-60 days. Itthiphol will remain in
office, holding the title of acting mayor until after the next
elections. The date for these elections has not been set, and will be
the subject of an upcoming city council meeting with an election
committee.
Once an election date is set, the official campaign
season will begin.
