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Don't forget local elections (school board and city council races) are approaching too. MCC attended a gathering of several local potential candidates & citizens from various neighborhoods at the Town & Country Shopping Center off 1092 recently. Most of the candidates demonstrated a genuine concern about the direction the city has been taking under the current long-term leadership of Allen Owen, Jerry Wyatt and Buddy Jimerson.

Recent property tax increases, voted in by this council (5-1), special interest influences and campaign disclosures from the '07 district races were just some of the topics examined. One particular report came from a local news outlet regarding how the city is using the coming bond election to refinance a "shortfall" in the municipal court accounts. This would mean that future debt will be incurred to cover this "shortfall". In our opinion, not a good way to resolve city operational budget matters. They also discussed a new vision and equitable plan for city growth, authentic voter/taxpayer representation (minus special interest control), real tax reduction, attracting a hospital to the city, opening up more city contracts to fair bidding processes, just to name a few...

Stay tuned as the races approach for the inside story on the challengers! Get updates on the candidates registered with http://mcelectioninformation.blogspot.com (with contact information)...