ARNE MORTENSEN
Cowlitz County Commissioner
District 1
Accountability Responsibility
Transparency
email: dracjm48@gmail.com
phone: 360-562-0471
“To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.”
-Thomas Jefferson
What Commissioners should NOT do:
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Let departments drive the demand for resources
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Let specific interests drive the consumption of resources
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Initiate programs without verifiable overwhelming public buy in
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Search for ways to take more money from you via taxes, fees, and any non-voluntary method
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Accede to bureaucratic demands/mandates that infringe on property rights
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Interpret that minimal public feedback means acceptance by the public
What I will do as your commissioner:
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MANAGE the departments
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as if it were my own money
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recognize that ALL of the people are my customers
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REJECT new regulations, new fees, new revenue streams without a mandate from the people
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DEFEND individual liberty and property rights
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MANAGE to a budget and proper priorities
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IMPROVE visibility into the workings of the administration
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HIGHLIGHT all issues of consequence and eliminate hidden agendas