Gary No-Bull Schmidt

Gary R. Schmidt
CANDIDATE FOR
WASHOE COUNTY COMMISSION
District 4
Sparks—Spanish Springs
Warm Springs/Palomino Valley
Pyramid Lake—Nixon
Wadsworth—East Truckee Canyon

Schmidt concerned about urban sprawl
Click here for the article from the Sparks Tribune, June 1st 2008

To all those that have given me encouragement and support, and sometimes your prayers, in my quest to deliver control of local government to the people, I give my heartfelt thanks.
I write and post this not knowing the outcome of the election, but I do know that the process and the great American spirits I have met along the road have deeply enriched my life. The process of this campaign has involved many dozens of speeches and candidate events and visiting with literally thousands of citizens, listening to the People.
The People have now spoken through their votes and I will listen. My life will take a new direction from this point forward. At this writing I just do not know what it will be.
I will be taking the next two weeks off to catch up with some personal business and visit with friends and family I have been neglecting for some time now. God Bless you all and God Bless America. I will see you on down the road.
Gary

7:00pm November 4th

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I HAVE LIVED IN THE COUNTY FOR 35 YEARS -
SMALL BUSINESS OPERATOR & PROPERTY OWNER FOR 45 YEARS
B.A. IN ECONOMICS, GRADUATE WORK IN REAL ESTATE AND COMPUTER SCIENCES,
FOURS YEARS OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE ON WASHOE COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION,
COMMUNITY ACTIVIST AND PROPONENT OF OPEN MEETING AND PUBLIC RECORDS LAWS,
PARTICIPATED OVER THREE DECADES IN HUNDREDS OF PUBLIC MEETINGS & HEARINGS

Pledges

I will NOT be a party to Elitist Special Interest back room deals

I will stand at the door of County Governance & welcome and beckon in ALL the PEOPLE

I will at all times respect the WILL & WISDOM of the PEOPLE

I will at all times Honor the Open Meeting Law & the Public Records Law & work diligently to strengthen & expand them

I will NOT GO ALONG just to GET ALONG

I will be a Representative OF and FOR ALL of the PEOPLE

ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE FAILED TO MAKE GROWTH PAY ITS OWN WAY
The base root cause of the current financial and budget crisis is not the downturn in the local economy which has for years been based on & foolishly relied upon a chain letter type of sprawl growth. The crisis is as a direct result of grossly inadequate fees based on the impacts of that growth and the total failure of Local Officials to PLAN for this downturn. The bursting of the housing bubble was inevitable and predicted for years by everyone except Elected Officials who defiantly ignored the Will and Wisdom of the People. Washoe County's failure to assess proper fees on growth, growth that was not based on sustainable resources, has created a structural deficit to service this new growth over the next ten years exceeding five Billion dollars and in essence has forced citizens to subsidize this growth. Long time residents, as well as new homeowners, may now suffer from increased upward pressure on taxes and a further degradation of quality of life for years.
It would be pure folly to rely on the same Officials that led us into this crisis to be willing and able to lead us out of it!

ELECTED OFFICIALS MUST STRIVE TO WELCOME, ENCOURAGE, AND FACILITATE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THE REGULATION AND CONTROL OF THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT
The process of County Government is broken and we are in financial crisis. Most County residents have little or no confidence or respect for County Officials, whether elected or bureaucrats. County government must be restructured and reinvented. Returning County governance to a much more public process where citizens not only have the perception that they can make a difference, but they actually can make a difference, is the necessary first step in reforming the failed policies and management of County Government in recent years.
Without immediate and corrective measures our quality of life will continue to plummet out of control at the same time we have pressures for increased taxes, fees, costs, & deficits.
It is not to late to take corrective actions, but it is the eleventh hour, and WE THE PEOPLE must move immediately to begin to resume control of OUR government.
Please VOTE for me to make that change.

Larkin Rebuttal

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