To the Citizens of Butler County:

I hope you will take a few minutes and read through this letter and let me provide you with some background on why I believe so strongly that Butler County desperately needs a county charter.

I was the only candidate in the recent race for Butler County Commission that had a proven plan to reduce the cost of county government, lower taxes and increase effectiveness. Hundreds of counties nationwide have modernized their county government with better representation using a home rule county charter. The idea of electing department heads to serve as officers of the county was handed down to us from the state legislature over 200 years ago. We do not have fair representation. Nepotism and corruption are part of the status quo in Butler County. Only a county charter would give us the option of replacing our County Commission with a 12 member County Council elected from non-partisan districts throughout the county. Only then would we truly have separation of legislative and executive powers that do not currently exist.

It's time for us to modernize our county government to provide representation for all citizens, and put an end to “politics as usual.”

Sincerely yours,