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ISSUES

“City hall needs to learn how to live within its means.”
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Restore Conservative Fiscal Polices

 

  1. Eliminate overspending City revenues (City has over spent General Governmental revenues by nearly $1.2 billion from 2009 through 2023)

  2. 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)

  3. Control overreliance on bond financing 

  4. 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)

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Support Public Safety 

 

  1. Strengthen law enforcement readiness

  2. Increase patrol officers (As of 2021 Mesa had fewer patrol officers vs. 2006)

  3. Increase patrol vehicles

  4. Encourage collaboration with county sheriff

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Promote policies to strengthen free market economic opportunity

 

  1. Oppose freedom restricting control measures such as road diets and high-density developments without adequate parking

  2. 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

  3. Limit government overreach, slow the growth of city government (City budget has grown 75% while population has grown approximately 18% since 2011)

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