SACOFTOMATOES

3 KEYS TO SUCCESS

Today I picked up a copy of the Gold River Community newspaper and was pleased to read the article from David M. Sander titled Raising Taxes Not The Answer.
During David's term as Mayor of Rancho Cordova they had a $10.5 million dollar budget surplus and built up over $81 million in reserves. David writes they did this with three mechanisms.
1. The Yellow Page Test: This done by looking up the public sector to see if they can find a provider of the service they need before creating costly new bureaucracies.
2. The Checkbook Principle: We spend less then we bring in period.
3. Measure Real Results: If we can't measure the results, we don't spend the money.
Such simple logic you think it would be applied everywhere and as a twenty year resident of the city I remember what it was like being under the boot of the county, and what great strides the Mayor and City Council have made in making Rancho Cordova a better place to live.

Davis is running for State Assembly in district 10
If only California's budget was run like this or even the federal government's well that's only a pipe dream. Maybe one city at a time

posted by pappy @ 10:14 PM