Putting the Citizens first
It's Your City and Your Taxes Paid
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Putting the Citizens first
It's Your City and Your Taxes Paid
Facebook facebook.com/VictorLombardiForMosesLakeCityCouncil
It's Your City and Your Taxes Paid
Facebook facebook.com/VictorLombardiForMosesLakeCityCouncil
It's Your City and Your Taxes Paid
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As your Council Member I created a 10 Point Plan to improve the City Management and focus on the Needs and Wants of the Citizens. It encompasses the original design of the City Management as per our By Laws. The City Council creates the Policy and Directives "AFTER CONSULTATION" with the Citizens. This is your City...
The City of Moses Lake needs Leaders that are not afraid to speak up and lead. I rallied for the citizens exposing the possibility of Corruption and Fraud and questionable management decisions. The Citizens need a VOICE.
Leadership begins with Hard Work. It's important that the Leadership matches the Values and Ethics of its Citizens.. Being a part of the Grant County Moses Lake farming industry for 16 years teaches you that.
My parents taught me at a young age - "if you learn how to farm you'll never go hungry and if you learn numbers you won't get ripped off" - My time on Wall St. as an Mergers & Acquisitions and Mortgage Analyst provide me with valuable tools to help the City Council with plans, streamlining operations and preparing for future growth.
They are our future. Maintaining a safe and healthy environment is a critical Top Priority for their Prosperity and for the successful future of this city.
If we don't protect our Retailers and Customers - stores close down and leave cities - Just like in Seattle and Portland. City Management completely ignored them and between the Pandemic and the last 2 years of theft and vandalism - noone in this City has been more damaged.
Promoting the development of the latest Technology for AG use keeps our Farms competitive and exciting while providing for new employment fields for our children. Targeting the right companies with the right Value system to move here is how we move forward.
Having our children learn the latest in Technologies, software and hardware - helps to balance our AG Industry creating more employment opportunities for our children while creating revenues and balance for the City's future. This needs to be taught from the ground up.
The US Constitution must be the basis of all Proper Laws. We must protect and ensure that in every possible way or we become lawless and a 3rd world city. Its that Simple.
Right Now Jay Inslee is sending the Most Violent Sex Offenders into our communities UNANNOUNCED without notifying our Sheriffs.- We Can Create Ordinances that disallow this. I've worked with Sheriff Kriete and the County to protect our cities from this group and program. Protect the Flock.
As our team of citizens exposed the fraudulent reports that included Fake Homeless totals and Fake Data - the City endured 3 years of unnecessary Vandalism, Drug usage and Property damage. This demonstrated why Citizen Involvement is so important.
As it currently stands, there is no formal training City Council member program. All that exists are state sponsored pamphlets ,literature and a weekend course. This ends Day 1 I'm elected. My program will have new members learn the RCWs, the By Laws and how our City is supposed to be run. Right now newly elected members are walking in Blind. I believe in Term limits - we currently have members trying to get elected for 3 terms ! These are CAREER POLITICIANS using their Positions to promote themselves - this must end.
This is an example of a Portal for Retailers to report different categories of Crime. The Incidents would be detailed in the Moses Lake Database - categorized by Area of City - (8 quadrants) and by type of Crime (10).
This would provide the city with Data it would never have before. This can also be redesigned for a number of purposes to increase engagement and communication by Citizens. -----Such as providing data on their wants, needs and changes desired.----
As many voters now know and feel - regardless whether you are Right or Left - the only elections Citizens can really make a difference in - is in your local elections. We are so lucky in Moses Lake that there is a Council Member for every 3,700 citizens. And I'm running to make sure that both your Votes and Voices count.Your feedback is an important tool in measuring the success of the City . In a small community I embrace the pledge--" You're not just a Vote.... You're my Neighbor."
It is absolutely critical that we protect our retailers particularly the mom and pop stores. I've talked to many owners and workers. They are threatened daily, customers can't use the restrooms, the entire shopping experience is turning into a prison. We love living here because of the small town feel. I promise to do EVERYTHING possible to restore that and to ensure that retailers can survive and not leave the City like they have in Portland and Seattle. I want to hear from you Retailers - I know you haven't heard it enough but you are critical to this city.
I've been a member of the Grant County Moses Lake Farming Community since 2007. During the same period I've spent a majority of the time on the West Side handling business and taking care of dying family members. It gave me a thorough understanding of how beautiful cities and family oriented communities like Seattle, Everett, Tukwila, Centralia etc have been destroyed from the Inside out. These cities are now un-liveable. And the citizens living there were bombarded with local government propaganda, deceptive programs and excuses why their cities were being destroyed. I've helped a number of good City Council members battle the corrupt forces on their Councils and/or the State and gone to battle for the Citizens. I took a VOW to never let that happen to Moses Lake and Grant County. The Citizens of Moses Lake deserve better and are worth fighting for.
The great majority of Citizens that have moved from California, Oregon and the West Side of WA State are in essence political refugees. These are people that share the same values as Moses Lake citizens. If they didn't believe Moses Lake was a rock solid city of good values and ethics they would move to Idaho, Texas or Florida. Many already have, but many choose our magnificent city and it's because of YOU - the people. I've spoken to a great number of them and have spoken to real estates agents and escrow people. They share the same opinions. That also doesn't mean I'm blind to those, that supported the Carnage and, who have decided to moved here.
But in the end we have to remember why our city is a destination spot and its because of our Values, Ethics, - and that we are defined by Faith, Family, Freedom, and Farms.
- As we move forward and grow - WE MUST NEVER FORGET THAT !
That is the Greatest Challenge a growing Rural/Ag City faces. Many cities in this category have failed the test. Money, Corruption, and Power, sadly, usually take over. However, I have seen this many times and the common elements were that the Citizens, and the City forgot who and what they were. Following this was the next mistake of allowing outside interests to redefine them negatively. Moses Lake and Grant County are a GREAT PEOPLE and our HISTORY DEFINES that.
Our 4th generation families took a rocky desert area of 302 people and turned it into one of the most desirable advanced farming communities in the World. So The Key is to make sure Companies that are moving here, have the same core value system, have a desire to hire local employees and We as a city have to make sure we do our part. We have to invest in Educational programs and systems - creating an Educational Ecosystem much like the Research Triangle in Raleigh NC. An Ecosystem where our children have the ability to learn the latest technologies, software, hardware and research so that similar types of companies want to stay here, hire here and be joined by others .
At the same time - we must do the same thing for the AG Community as we see technology making great advances in this field. Because in the end, people will always need food.
They'll want the best and most wholesome based ingredients which is also what describes the citizens of Moses Lake. We are Special !
We have an amazing opportunity to create one of the most desirable and prosperous provinces in the World. We just have to stick to our Core Values and our children and grandchildren will be proud to say;
"I LIVE IN MOSES LAKE AND I THANK GOD EVERY DAY."
It's very interesting studying local government design. We in Moses Lake have a Weak Mayor/Strong City Council- Employee Manager design. In this design the City Council is the Lead elected official. The City Council, as per the RCW and City of Moses Lake By laws, is to create Policy and Directives - while the City Manager as an employee of the City is to perform "General Administrative Duties." What we currently have is a bastardized version of this. It's complicated as to why this has happened but the current Comprehensive plan was designed and supported by outside interests from Portland and Seattle. Plenty of documentation for this. This was clearly articulated by the Columbia Basin Herald article titled " Moses Lake's City Manager Has a Vision."
The City's Vision has to be the CITIZEN'S VISION. We are not in Medieval Times and the City cannot run without Citizen's Tax revenues. So even with good intentions, this is a violation of our By-Laws and how our local government structure should work. The City Council should be the group that develops the framework for the Comprehensive plan and then have the City Manager - an employee - administer it. Thankfully, the majority of the Council Members are a terrific core to build off of. They are aware of this and have Deep rooted interests in not allowing Moses Lake become Seattle or Portland. Their families are part of the 4th generations that built this city. They love this City and sincerely feel the pain when citizens are coming in by the 100s to city council meetings to voice their displeasure with the current City Management.
However they need assistance in making sure the City Management matches the Values of the Citizens of Moses Lake and that the City Management staff is functioning with proper controls. This is why I'm running for City Council - to ensure Citizens have a representative for THEIR VISION of the Present and Future of Moses Lake..... and not the vision from Portland, Seattle and Olympia.
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