Dear Erik:
I am writing you today to humbly ask for your vote in the May 8th Democratic primary election. As your Mayor, I have served the City of New Albany for the last four years and in that time I have brought back fiscal responsibility and made job creation a top priority.
In order to help balance the City's budget, I had to make an extremely tough decisions to privatize the Sanitation department. This decision saved the city $900,000 last year, I'm also proud to say that every sanitation worker had the opportunity to go work at Southern Indiana Waste.
(We wonder how many of our former city sanitation workers are currently employed with Southern Indiana Waste?)
Downtown New Albany has also been a major focus of my administration. (You sure did focus on this Scribner Place project, in fact you put all of our eggs in one big basket didn't you Jimmy?) The Scribner Place project will bring a new YMCA and Aquatic Center to the corner of State and Main streets. The Scribner Place project was not feasible until we made it happen through a creative financing mechanism.
(And you Sir, have just put our City into a 20 year debt hole. And on top of that, you secured it with our property taxes...Talk about double dippin!)
I believe that industrial development is paramount to New Albany's future, and that is why the City has begun preparing a new industrial park called Grant Line Park West. When completed it will enable 250+ acres to be utilized for development. Another exciting development on Charlestown Road is the Purdue Research Park that will house a business incubator and other Purdue programs. This project was leveraged through a Market Needs Assessment study the City funded.
(BTW: Mr. Mayor, did you ever find that so called Scribner analysis yet?)
As you can see I truly care about you and the City of New Albany's future (By raising our sewer bills, and giving raises?) and I hope to continue my efforts for the next four years. (New Albany taxpayer's can not afford another 4 years under your so called dictatorship) If you have any questions regarding where I stand on issues facing our City please contact Roger Baylor, or my campaign office at 812-944-8723.
Thank you for your support.
Kindest Regards,
Mayor James E. Garner, Sr.
Freedom of Speech would like to explain to our mayor what real fiscal responsibility is to us voters:
There are important reasons that voters value fiscal responsibility in their elected officials. Managing public money is a matter of public trust, and a charge that should not be taken lightly. So what is fiscal responsibility too New Albany voters?
* wisely managing resources
* preparing for the future
* avoiding debt
Now voters ask yourself one question on election day~May 8th:
How can Jimmy even begin to discuss "Fiscal Responsibility" when he doesn't even know the meaning of the word "responsibility."
Vote May 8th for Change!
