We believe our Elected Officials of Cooke County should be of the highest ethical standards. They should embrace
the conservative philosophies of Strong Law Enforcement & Families, Low Taxes & Modern, Efficient
Government, and encourage Economic Development while Preserving our Way of Life.
We further
believe we are Taxed Enough Already. Local Government agencies and officials should work to lower taxes to increase
the attractiveness of the community to businesses considering moving in the area. In most cases there is plenty of money
to go around if they would limit public employee salaries when combined with benefits to what the private sector is paying
. Furthermore, we don't need any more monuments built for elected officials and public sector employees to work
in. We should focus on doing what is best for the County infrastructure and will have the most benefit for the County
as a whole vs. a few privileged elected officials and administrators.
We believe in full disclosure.
We salute the County for publishing their Agenda packets before their meetings along with their proposed budgets and tax rate.
While we may not like everything we see, we would much rather see things out in the open vs. the secret bonus payments we
learned about at the hospital ranging up to $45,000 a year. We call on all Cooke County Government agencies to post
their current and proposed budgets on the web plus the salaries and bonus plans of the top five employees in the organization.
