Issues Affecting Dane County
In 2011, under current majority leadership, Dane County lost their AAA bond rating. We need to work to get this rating back.
Our County's priorities are upside down: We spend money in the wrong areas while core services go neglected. We need to spend more money on people -- not on purchasing more land or on debt service.
Dane County debt was $68,871,663 in 2000. Currently we are ending 2011 at $240,025,000 !!! In 11 years we have added over $171 MILLION in debt. We cannot continue this trend. We need to look carefully at every dollar we spend and get this wild spending under control.
• I led the effort that eliminated over $2.6 MILLION in unneeded county borrowing in 2011.
• I have opposed Dane County's proposed budgets that overspent and over-taxed taxpayers for the last six years.
Our county needs to provide services more efficiently than they do now, with less cost, for better value --I call it "Responsible Spending!"
"Working Hard for Responsible Spending"