The Day After

Well, last night’s election results were not the message I expected to send to City Council. All of you that supported this campaign, thank you.

I have a question that I don't know the answer to. Perhaps it's the researcher in me, but I can't help wonder why my campaign received only 6.7% of the votes. I've come up with five reasonable explanations.

This campaign was founded on what WVC residents stated as their biggest concerns. 80 to 90% of everyone I spoke with, informed me that too many ordinances and property taxes that increased while values decreased, were the two highest priorities.

1. Perhaps the 2,000 or so people I spoke with were not a true representation of the City's concerns.
2. Perhaps most of those I spoke with were just not interested enough to vote.
3. Perhaps those with the above concerns were not all registered voters.
4. Perhaps I just didn’t get the message of my campaign out well enough to the voters.
5.Perhaps name recognition means more than concerns.

Well, only you can answer these questions so I know how to proceed. Should I run again or not? Time will tell.

Thanks for your support; it meant a lot.

Well it looks like; the Time is Not Yet Right for Jeff White

Let's Send a Message

For over two years I've been hearing there are too many ordinances. I decided instead of listening to this, I would step up and do something. Typical voting in the Primaries is 7%, that's about 350 votes per candidate.

Let's send a clear message to the City. Call your family, friends and neighbors. Carpool to the polls. A thousand votes or more will send the message loud and strong that we the people want our freedom back.

Our properties are worth less and taxes are the same or higher. We're in a recession and have to spend our money the way Ordinance Control tells us. It's our properties and our money. Send the message that it's also our freedom.

A vote for me will send that message. The City Council all know what I'm running for; send the message and send it strong.

The Time is Right for Jeff White

Follow the Money

The City website has all financial disclosures for each candidate. Look at how much each candidate is spending and who's money it is.

I've not asked for any donations. I've also not turned down friends who've told me they want to support what I'm fighting for. Lower taxes, reduced ordinances and more.

I've provided a link. I wonder, why would some organizations give money to several competing candidates in the same race? It seems they don't want a particular candidate, they just want... well, it's curious.

Here's the City's link.

http://www.wvc-ut.gov/index.aspx?NID=865

If you support lower taxes and reduced ordinaces then let's get out the vote, for

The Time is Right for Jeff White

A Beautification Contest Between Districts

While campaigning door to door, I met a family who’ve done wonders to their yard. They would qualify for my idea posted September 9th.

The landscape they put in has the look of a miniature mountainside, surrounded by lawn. The mountain has a miniature evergreen and a child safe waterfall.

While he was showing me the waterfall it hit me, let's have a beautification contest.

The city could publish before and after pictures of the top five landscape improvements for each of the four West Valley Districts. We could have the City's residents vote for their favorite in each primary election.

The Top winner could earn $10,000 dollars. The next three top landscape winners could get $5,000. For the District that garners the most votes, the Districts five homeowners would be awarded $1,000 each. Healthy competition between Districts could be fun.

We could even award the contractors of the five best landscapes, with a free business license for a year. (They would probably have to be WVC contractors, unless we could negotiate something, between Cities through the Council of Governments.)

This would motivate people to beautify their landscapes, motivate contractors to do their best work every time and may improve the 7% voter turnout in the primaries.

We could fund this through donations, from individuals and businesses that want improved beautification in West Valley. Realty and landscaping companies would benefit and would be a good source for donations to fund the prizes. They would get a tax write-off. This sounds even better now that I've written it down.

“If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.”
- Alfred Nobel.

The Time is Right for Jeff White

Jeff White Signs Anyone?

I'm placing the last of my yard signs tomorrow morning. I have a few left and will personally bring them to your home or business. First come, first served. When there gone, well you know.

After the election I'll even come take them down so you won't have to. Now I'm expecting that election to be the 3rd of November.

With your support and the support of your family, friends and neighbors, I'll be elected and can begin implementing plans to:

1. Reduce Ordinances
2. Lower Property Taxes
3. Tighten the City's Belt

The Time is Right for Jeff White