Page 18 THE REVERE ADVOCATE–Friday, September 13 , 2019 DAN RIZZO | FROM PAGE 4 Second, do you want more accountability, more transparency, and zero incidents of corruption? The current Mayor has failed to provide proper oversight in City Hall, resulting in two major corruption scandals which have resulted in criminal indictments. I am proud to say that during my term as Mayor, I oversaw a completely scandal free administration, and held each and every department accountable through monthly reports and the creation of responsible departmental forums for oversight and communication. To restore public trust in City Hall, we have to reinstitute monthly meetings between department heads that include our city’s finance team to protect your tax dollars. We also need to enforce our residency requirements for hiring that apply to all City Hall employees. Lastly, we must pay special attention to outside audit reports in order to provide better oversight to all revenue received and spent by the city. The choice is clear. If you want four more years like the past four years, vote for him. If you believe we can do it better, than I urge you to vote for me. Third, do you want unnecessary tax increases which take more from your wallet but achieve fewer and more expensive city services? The current Mayor has raised the budget by $50 million in only four years, hired over 130 new employees, and has raised residents’ property taxes, on average, just over 20%. Those are the facts. During my time as Mayor, the city’s finances were recognized by the Government Finance Officers Association for excellence in budgeting. We achieved record levels of free cash and more than doubled our city’s “rainy day” fund. We need to fight to protect our people and their hard-earned tax dollars. As Mayor, I’ll put a stop to rampant over hiring at City Hall, apply a fiscally responsible mindset to our yearly budgetary review, and I’ll focus on commercial development that will increase our commercial tax base. The choice is clear. If you want four more years like the past four years, vote for him. If you believe we can do it better, than I urge you to vote for me. It is obvious that the current Mayor and I have completely different visions for the future of Revere. In November, the residents of Revere will have the opportunity to choose who they believe has the right vision for the future of our community. For that reason, I have formally reached out to Mayor Arrigo, and our local newspapers, requesting debates in the coming weeks which could help you and others to decide who you can trust to lead our city into the next 4 years. You deserve to hold your elected officials accountable for what they have promised and what they have delivered. I am anxious to compare my record and my vision and contrast it to the record and my vision of the current mayor. I urge you to call the Mayor and tell him Revere citizens deserve these debates. Meanwhile I will continue to knock on doors and listen to what you have to say, and will work every single moment I can to earn your confidence and your vote on November 5th.
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