鍾東錦: Miaoli Will Not Become a Killing Ground for Politicians; 陳品安: The Real Killing Is Turning It into a Dumping Ground

With registration for the Miaoli magistrate election now closed, incumbent Chung Tung-chin declared that the county would not become a “killing ground” for politicians chasing attention. He said the campaign should move through the fog with positive competition, adding that his four years in office should provide the test for his re-election bid.

Democratic Progressive Party candidate Chen Pin-an answered with a sharper definition of what she called political “killing.” In her view, the real danger was allowing Miaoli to become “a paradise for waste soil” under Chung’s administration. She said the county had seen four years of slogans without progress.

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Miaoli under my administration will not become a killing ground for politicians seeking publicity. My four-year performance will serve as the test for my campaign.

Chen said that, in the eyes of some people, Miaoli had long been treated like gravel in a riverbed: measured, divided and monopolized as a source of利益. She said she chose to put down roots in Miaoli for justice and for its residents, and entered the race without political baggage. “I have never needed anyone’s empty words of concern. I only want to cherish every person living in Miaoli and protect every inch of its land,” she said.

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The real killing is turning Miaoli into a paradise for waste soil. In four years under Magistrate Chung, there have only been slogans and no progress.

Chen argued that Miaoli should no longer be bound by the interests of a few people or by old-style politics. The county, she said, could not endure another four years of going nowhere, making the election a key moment for residents to leave behind an era of stagnation.

Chung’s Facebook post lamented that election seasons had become dominated by hatred, confrontation, smears and accusations, leaving people with anger instead of hope. He said his rival had once been a good colleague, when neither party labels nor political positions stood between them and their shared concern for their hometown.

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I have never needed anyone’s empty words of concern. I only want to cherish every person living in Miaoli and protect every inch of its land.