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Party nomination for elected officials of local government has been the controversial issue since 1995. While pros and cons have provided their own rationale, party nomination has been expanded to lower level local councilors in 2005. The purpose of this case study is to examine political attitudes, perception of local officials on party nomination and its relation to local council. Results of questionnaire survey analysis show that perceptions of appointed officials and former local councilors are similar in many aspects, while quite different from that of incumbent elected officials. It is an interesting finding that party nomination is positively related to the performance of local council, while local officials have been known to oppose party nomination.
