An open letter to the people of the
Town of Dover:
Dear People of Dover,
I am running for town chairman to stop the waste of your hard -
earned tax dollars. For too long now, too much of your money has been used to pay
lawyers and engineers that we shouldn’t and don’t need.
Why aren’t your roads getting taken care of the way they should
be? Why has plowing been a losing battle with trucks breaking down? Why weren’t
town trucks properly cared for for many years? Why is Dover always broke and
borrowing? Why don’t we have the reserve funds we need for emergencies?
It is because we have a long standing chairman who would rather
spend money on lawsuits, legal fees and unnecessary engineering fees. It is
like extortion. It’s a crime that Dover taxpayers have spent more than a million
dollars on engineering and town attorney fees over a lawsuit that lasted more
than a decade -- a lawsuit over new roads that the developer should have paid
to fix when the roads first failed.
Can you imagine how Dover residence could have benefited
from a million dollars instead of a law firm getting all of our money? We could
be fixing roads with the money our chairman has wasted and cost us in
liabilities. I have several examples of where leaders of this town have acted
on special interest (like a supervisor getting a road put through a wetland for
a subdivision he was developing and now that road is failing ) .
I will not behave feloniously and serve to benefit myself. I will
work FOR THE PEOPLE. I will be a hands-on chairman who will be seen working
for the community and for the people. If I see a problem, I will work to fix
it, not hire an engineering firm and send you the bill. I will make choices
that won’t get the town embroiled in lawsuits. And as a life-long mechanic, I
know how to properly maintain the town’s equipment. Dover has a lot of money in
equipment and I will work to fix it for you.
After 18 years of the same leadership, IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE. It
is time for a new chairman who works FOR THE PEOPLE, not for the lawyers, the
engineering firms, and for special interests.
I am not running for the paycheck; in fact, if elected, I will
donate to a worthy cause in Dover each month such as the fire department,
rescue squad, Kansasville School, Kan-Do 4-H Club, St. Mary Dover, The Dover
Healing House, Eagle Lake, etc. I’m simply running because I’m sick of the
wrongdoing against the people of Dover.
I’m running to make sure our money stays where it should:
for the people, for this the beautiful community we like living in. Please vote
for a change on April 4. Dover is for us, the people, not the lawyers and
special interests.
Sincerely,
