| Taxes & Spending |
| Like many of you, I am a family man and business owner.
Like you, I have to operate under a budget to ensure the
needs of my family and my business are met. On the Mesa
City Council, I will see that we act responsibly to meet
our community’s needs while balancing the city budget.
Wasteful spending has no place in local government, and
Mesa residents can rest assured we’ll treat each
tax dollar as if it were coming out of our own pocket…
just as elected officials should. |
| You see, fiscal responsibility is a core value for me.
As a fast growing community, we are continually challenged
with paying for City services to meet the needs of our
amazing growth. At the same time, it’s critical
we always strive to be efficient with each tax dollar
spent. |
| New property taxes aren’t the answer. Better budgeting
is. The city’s budget problem didn’t happen
overnight and to think that they can be resolved overnight
by continuing to push a Pro Property Tax policy is absurd.
A property tax will only continue to fuel the City’s
spending habits and weaken the economy. |
| Mesa’s tax-and-spend City Council status quo has
to change its spending ways. New taxes and new debts from
bonds are not the fiscally responsible answer. Is it any
wonder the City now says it can’t meet its debt
obligations? |
| Fiscal planning and smarter spending is the answer.
We can do a better job with each tax dollar. And we can
attract new businesses and new jobs to help increase our
tax base while providing new opportunities for Mesa residents.
The goal isn’t for citizens to spend their lives
working for the government – the goal must always
be for government to work for its citizens. And by running
our city more like a business – and less like a
runaway bureaucracy – we can change the way business
gets done in Mesa. We can change it for the better! |
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