Ro Cuchens - Fiscal Conservative

[Bob Wells]

Finally, you have decided. It appeared to me you've been leaning that way and just wanted to be thoughtful about the decision. Glad you made up your mind. I voted for Sara today.

 

[idlewind]

Finally, you have decided. It appeared to me you've been leaning that way and just wanted to be thoughtful about the decision. Glad you made up your mind. I voted for Sara today.

Glad to hear you voted, I will wait awhile probably. Any thoughts on the other races now that you have voted? I am generally leaning anti-incumbent in the school board but really don't know alot about some of the candidates and frankly hear zero buzz about these races.

 

[Bob Wells]

My question is is there anything anyone could say to change the anti incumbent mentality?

 

[idlewind]

My question is is there anything anyone could say to change the anti incumbent mentality?

I don't know frankly. I would like to know a little about who I am voting for and as far as the school board I don't know alot. I do know Bill Eddins Jr. is the son of the State Attorney and Wallace used to own Southbay Ace and Sunday used to be superintendent but that is about it.

 

[Jdarg]

I don't know frankly. I would like to know a little about who I am voting for and as far as the school board I don't know alot. I do know Bill Eddins Jr. is the son of the State Attorney and Wallace used to own Southbay Ace and Sunday used to be superintendent but that is about it.

Here ya go- listen to the candidates introduce themselves at the beginning of the video.

http://www.sowal.com/bb/local-government/49397-school-board-candidate-forum-video.html

 

[Koa]

To learn more about the people running, theres some sort of public thing tonight at 6 in Freeport at the high school for all local candidates. They present themselves and answer questions.

 

[ShallowsNole]

I'm wondering if anybody is checking up as to where candidates actually live. Do they live where the property appraiser's office says they live, or do they live where their mailbox 35 miles away is? :roll:

 

[coppertone10]

Just a point of clarification, Idlewind. Revenues during Comander's term have not remained neutral, they have dropped for the last two years by millions of dollars. That's what makes her stand-alone NO vote so courageous.
As for Ro taking the same stand, I'm not sure what you are basing this position on. The BCC minutes clearly show that Mr. Cuchens routinely voted to RAISE the millage and taxes.
Glad to hear you are voting, and I still recommend you call Comander personally. She takes her calls and returns the ones she misses. I think you would be surprised at her honesty and integrity. Anyway, just wanted to make sure the facts were out there, too.

By the way, I think most incumbents should go, too, but we shouldn't throw the baby out with the bathwater. Voting against every incumbent is just as bad as voting for them all.
It's about making the right choices.

The four years Cuchens was in office were boom years and revenues went up in spite of the fact that the millage rate went down. In commander's four years the market crashed and revenues basically remained nuetral in spite of the fact that the millage rate increased.
I agree that raising taxes is not the answer and the budget should be decreased before taxes are raised. Cuchens would have made the same stand that Commander made and possibly would have excercised enough leadership to halt the increase instead of being on the losing end of a 4-1 vote. I am certainly going to vote to give him a chance to do it.

 

[wrobert]

The four years Cuchens was in office were boom years and revenues went up in spite of the fact that the millage rate went down. In commander's four years the market crashed and revenues basically remained nuetral in spite of the fact that the millage rate increased.
I agree that raising taxes is not the answer and the budget should be decreased before taxes are raised. Cuchens would have made the same stand that Commander made and possibly would have excercised enough leadership to halt the increase instead of being on the losing end of a 4-1 vote. I am certainly going to vote to give him a chance to do it.

Maybe you will get lucky and he will give you $5 million to build a park too.

 

[Here4Good]

I'm wondering if anybody is checking up as to where candidates actually live. Do they live where the property appraiser's office says they live, or do they live where their mailbox 35 miles away is? :roll:

See, this is the sort of thing that I am guessing that the Supervisor of Elections should check out. If this government worked, a person could report their suspicions and the SOE would check it out. Since it doesn't, everyone just speculates because if you were to report it, the SOE would just ASK the person where they lived and then say "Okey Dokey! See you at church on Sunday, and best to your wife!"

This is what drives everyone nuts who moves here - there is no newspaper, no news organizations to even try to discern the truth, so there is no need for the county to satisfy the need of the people to know. We are in the middle of a commission race involving Ro Cuchens, about whom there are all of these stories about profiteering from the last major hurricanes, and the only source of information about this issue is the candidate himself. And, he says it weren't true - go figure.