ISSUES
“City hall needs to learn how to live within its means.”
Restore Conservative Fiscal Polices
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Eliminate overspending City revenues (City has over spent General Governmental revenues by nearly $1.2 billion from 2009 through 2023)
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Stop raiding Utility funds for City’s General Government operations (City transferred over $1.5 billion from Utility fund to cover overspending General Governmental expenditures from 2009 through 2023)
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Control overreliance on bond financing
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Align City budget with community priorities (Voters rejected increasing sales tax rate for downtown ASU campus, but City went ahead and constructed it against voters will)
Support Public Safety
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Strengthen law enforcement readiness
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Increase patrol officers (As of 2021 Mesa had fewer patrol officers vs. 2006)
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Increase patrol vehicles
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Encourage collaboration with county sheriff
Promote policies to strengthen free market economic opportunity
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Oppose freedom restricting control measures such as road diets and high-density developments without adequate parking
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Require City Management to streamline government processes (Our neighboring cities Gilbert and Chandler together are larger than Mesa, but Mesa spends 30% more on General Governmental expenditures
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Limit government overreach, slow the growth of city government (City budget has grown 75% while population has grown approximately 18% since 2011)