Mosquito Board Works to Save Money, Stop Waste

Unlike other local government boards, there's a majority on the Mosquito Control Board in favor of saving money and stopping waste.
Three Commissioners effectively voted yesterday to stop the new building.
Five Commissioners voted in 2007 to halt the helicopter. Commissioners Jeanne Moeller and John Sundeman have for nearly four years been like Horatio at the Bridge, protecting tax dollars and stopping ill-advised ideas.
Commissioner Janice Bequette, elected in 2008, joined with them yesterday in halting the staff's plans to have contractors prequalified for a building we don't need.
There will now be more research and answers to pertinent questions before anyone talks of a new building.
Last night, AMCD Commissioners voted unanimously to seek a refund of some $15,000 paid to the lobbying firm of the former Chair and Executive Director of the Republican Party of Florida for lobbying to get a FEMA grant for the new building. AMCD does not qualify, which is something that the DUTKO firm should have told AMCD before taking its money.
Again, COmmissioners Moeller and Sundeman voted against the lobbying conract in the first place.
We need more public servants like Jeanne Moeller and John Sundeman and Janice Bequette.
We don't need any more arrogant, condescending know-it-alls (like City Manager WILLIAM B. HARRISS).
Commissioners also voted last night to investigate the situation with SJC Road & Bridge Department not removing obstructions in ditches.
Unlike other government boards, Mosquito Control listens to public concerns and heeds them.