Does wasteful city spending make your blood boil? Do you wonder why the city government is a charity, investment firm and nanny to our children all rolled into one? Do you wonder why our mayor is about to take a journey into our wallets?
If you ask yourself these questions, then Concerned Taxpayers of Duval County is for you. We are the leading group in the fight against waste, fraud, corruption, inefficiency, wrongdoing, and tomfoolery in Jacksonville city government. We are here to remind the politicians that it’s the taxpayers’ money that they are spending and they are expected to spend it wisely.
Over the coming months, we will be commenting at this website on how Jacksonville city government spends and mis-spends taxpayer money. Our own Tony Bates will be on the prowl attending meetings, asking questions and looking out for the taxpayers. Stay tuned if you want to know how things really take place in city government.
Please visit my site to get some information about my candidacy for Soil and Water Conservation District Group 3
http://www.myspace.com/victorwilhelm2008
I have nearly a decade of experience in the Civil Engineering field. The last five years has focused on water resources.
I am running for political office because I recently finished a decade of part time school and need a new hobby. I also very knowledgeable about soil mechanics, hydrology, and hydraulics.
I believe in free market systems where the role of government is primarily to provide a fair court system to resolve disputes arising between parties and to mitigate damages and claims from third party affects not accounted for in some transactions (for example costs to the environment.)
Dr. Milton Friedman and Dr. Paul Mason have shaped my understanding of economics and cost accounting.
The most important issue facing the board has been the removal of taxpayer funding to the board. The critical services to the board will have to be provided by private contributions and voluntary technical assistance from the engineering community. I have already secured the assistance of one geotechnical engineering firm and through that contact and working to secure assistance from another group.
CTDC has proved in relevancy by helping the Mayor to realize that Jacksonville residents can not afford the tax increase proposed to fund the social experiments of the Jacksonville Journey. CTDC will play a vital role in eliminating the rampant cornyism and waste of Jacksonville’s city government