OPEN LETTER TO DALLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONER KENNETH MAYFIELD
DISTRICT 4
Dear Mr. Mayfield,
As your constituents, we wish to express our gratitude to you for standing firm on fiscal common sense during the Dallas County Commissioner budget process over the last several weeks. As one of three Republicans on the Dallas County Commissioners Court, you—amazingly--were the lone voice standing firm in support of Dallas County taxpayers. We are appreciative of the following:
We voted for you in the belief we were hiring a fiscal conservative. It looks like we got one.
You resisted the barrage demands from bureaucrats, public interest groups, and public employees soliciting more of our money.
You seem to be aware that many of your constituents have suffered job losses, pay cuts, and increases in health insurance costs that are vastly greater than those proposed for Dallas County employees.
You have avoided insulting the intelligence of your constituents’ by suggesting county taxes will remain the same for the average homeowner in the wake of county tax increases due to falling home values. You didn’t expect us to quietly swallow tax hikes in an environment of huge home value losses and reduced income.
You seem to be cognizant of the fact that the private-sector worker rides the business cycles without shock absorbers. In contrast, the government worker lives a cushioned existence in which terminations take years, salary cuts are often tiny or non-existent, health insurance contributions are generally paltry by comparison, pension amounts are often guaranteed, and recessions are only a thunder in the distance. Yet worse than this division in circumstance is that the private-sector worker is expected to pay for these public-sector cushions with ever-escalating taxes.
You summoned the courage to stand on Republican principles; a rarity in Dallas County is seems. We are grateful for--and appreciative of--your leadership. This issue will be a significant factor in our voting decisions as we approach the November 2nd election. We thank you for your advocacy on behalf of Dallas County taxpayers.
Sincerely,
Updates
September 12, 2010
The feedback confirms that taxpayers feel ignored by the rest of the commissioners. We are making sure these stories reach his office.
Reached 100 supporters
September 12, 2010
6 Comments
Good work. Keep fighting for the taxpayers. Most of these politicians just spend our money like it grows on trees.
THANK YOU for standing up to them. My husband lost his job last year and we are barely getting by. We cant afford any more taxes!!
Been waiting for someone to call out the tax hikes. Its about time somebody started looking out for the people who actually pay the bills in this county.
Finally someone in Dallas who actually gets it. We are all struggling out here and cant keep paying more for the county to waste.
Fiscal responsibility is long overdue. Stop the bloat.
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OPEN LETTER TO DALLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONER KENNETH MAYFIELD
DISTRICT 4
Dear Mr. Mayfield,
As your constituents, we wish to express our gratitude to you for standing firm on fiscal common sense during the Dallas County Commissioner budget process over the last several weeks. As one of three Republicans on the Dallas County Commissioners Court, you—amazingly--were the lone voice standing firm in support of Dallas County taxpayers. We are appreciative of the following:
We voted for you in the belief we were hiring a fiscal conservative. It looks like we got one.
You resisted the barrage demands from bureaucrats, public interest groups, and public employees soliciting more of our money.
You seem to be aware that many of your constituents have suffered job losses, pay cuts, and increases in health insurance costs that are vastly greater than those proposed for Dallas County employees.
You have avoided insulting the intelligence of your constituents’ by suggesting county taxes will remain the same for the average homeowner in the wake of county tax increases due to falling home values. You didn’t expect us to quietly swallow tax hikes in an environment of huge home value losses and reduced income.
You seem to be cognizant of the fact that the private-sector worker rides the business cycles without shock absorbers. In contrast, the government worker lives a cushioned existence in which terminations take years, salary cuts are often tiny or non-existent, health insurance contributions are generally paltry by comparison, pension amounts are often guaranteed, and recessions are only a thunder in the distance. Yet worse than this division in circumstance is that the private-sector worker is expected to pay for these public-sector cushions with ever-escalating taxes.
You summoned the courage to stand on Republican principles; a rarity in Dallas County is seems. We are grateful for--and appreciative of--your leadership. This issue will be a significant factor in our voting decisions as we approach the November 2nd election. We thank you for your advocacy on behalf of Dallas County taxpayers.
Sincerely,
Updates
September 12, 2010
The feedback confirms that taxpayers feel ignored by the rest of the commissioners. We are making sure these stories reach his office.
Reached 100 supporters
September 12, 2010
6 Comments
Glad to see at least one person in the commissioners court has a brain. Keep doing what your doing.
Good work. Keep fighting for the taxpayers. Most of these politicians just spend our money like it grows on trees.
THANK YOU for standing up to them. My husband lost his job last year and we are barely getting by. We cant afford any more taxes!!
Been waiting for someone to call out the tax hikes. Its about time somebody started looking out for the people who actually pay the bills in this county.
Finally someone in Dallas who actually gets it. We are all struggling out here and cant keep paying more for the county to waste.
Fiscal responsibility is long overdue. Stop the bloat.
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Glad to see at least one person in the commissioners court has a brain. Keep doing what your doing.