I Campaigned on Getting our Debt Under Control
See my newsletter where I did a report card on Team Newport
We've Stopped Funding the Pet Projects of the Recallers
The Recallers are afraid that we are destroying their legacy. But I think their legacy is big government and big spending. And I said so....
We didn't create the $130M Debt on our New Taj-Ma-City-Hall
But we have to pay it back. Curry led the council in financing the Civic Center with bonds that cannot be repaid back without a huge prepayment penalty. Had we been able to refinance, the city would have saved $41M. But I had to ask...
We Didn't Spend $40M on Marina Park
An expensive monument to the previous council, and I had the nerve to say so...
We Didn't Give Retroactive Pensions Increasing Costs by $Hundreds of Millions
But we have to deal with the $500M in unfunded pension liabilities. So people are upset that we are stopping all discretionary spending until we have a plan. I had to have a plan...
We Cut the Dock Taxes
We reduced the taxes, but the Recallers wanted to tax the rich, "because they can afford it". I delivered on the promise...
We are Enacting Taxpayer Protection on Debt
We passed part 1 in November last year, preventing the council from putting tax increases on the ballot without a supermajority, and will put part 2 requiring all debt over a certain amount to be approved by the voters. But the Recallers wouldn't be able to borrow and spend...
We are Proposing Cutting or Eliminating the Business Employee Tax
This is like waving Sanctuary Cities in front of Donald Trump, the Recallers cannot stand this loss of revenue. But I had to do it....