Matthew Falconer for Orange County Mayor won a straw poll in a landslide on Saturday at a candidate forum. The Supervisor of Elections conducted a poll with all Mayoral candidates on the official ballot. I won 73.3% of the vote while all six of my opponents collected only 26% of the vote combined. Only Marco Rubio had more votes (277) to Matthew Falconer (242). Below are the official results;
What is clear from the vote is taxpayers are fed up with government of career politicians serving special interests. The Mayoral opposition candidates on the ballot included four incumbent commissioners with 28 years of “experience.” All four commissioners voted in unison for the taxpayer funded arena, corporate welfare programs, and the $3 billion commuter rail program they still do not know how we are going to pay for. None of the opposition candidates managed 9% of the vote.
In what may be the truest statement in the local media all year, Jane Healy from the Orlando Sentinel said Teresa Jacobs “might be in the wrong party.” I have called Teresa “Pelosi” the most liberal Republican in Florida, see the column below.
I also received an email on Sunday that Mildred Fernandez is on her fifth campaign manager in as many months. The email stated “The Spanish community feels abandoned by her; they think she only wants to deal with rich white folks.” I have heard that statement many times in the past few months.
It is clear the era of “progressive” Republicans, or Republicans in Name Only, is over. I call on my “republican” opponents, Mildred and Teresa, to withdraw from this race and help me defeat the fiscally irresponsible Bill Segal-bama.
With your help, this will be the “Year of the Taxpayer.” Please join me at our precinct walk Saturday February 20th at 9am in East Orange County (by the Chipotle on Alafaya). We will knock on 700 doors and get out our message of lower taxes and more responsible government. It is time for the taxpayers to get off the couch and take back their government.
There are now five candidates for Orange County Mayor but only two choices; Matthew Falconer who will put Taxpayers First, and all of the rest who will put their special interests first.
From 1995 to 2005 over 1,000,000 people moved to Florida to pursue the American Dream. In 2003 the Florida economy ranked first in the nation, as people invested in new business and unemployment dropped to 3%. From 2002 to 2006 local and state government spending increased from $93 billion to $151 billion. Our “leaders” taxed all of the disposable income from consumers and turned the American Dream into the Florida nightmare. Florida’s economy now ranks 47th in the nation and we are losing population as retirees, second homeowners and small businesses are moving to other states with a lower tax burden.
There is a way to revive the American Dream in Florida. Quite simply, it is to return Florida to a healthy business environment by lowering taxes, tolls and fees. We can achieve this by reducing waste in government and by focusing tax revenues on the core functions of government. That is why I am running for Orange County Mayor. I want to revive the American Dream in Florida, save small business, and put people back to work. Below is a link to my Five Point Plan to bring Florida back to prosperity.
My opponents increased the Orange County budget from $2.2 billion in 2002 to $3.5 billion in 2008. My opponents gave a billionaire $600 million in taxpayer money for a sports arena; they gave $300 million in corporate welfare to one company to bring 150 jobs to Orlando; and they approved a rail project that will cost central Florida taxpayers $1.5 billion without knowing where the money will come from.
The election for Orange County Mayor will be the most important in Orange County history. It will determine if we continue to raise taxes and spend billions on corporate welfare and rail projects, or lower taxes and focus our resources on education and public safety. I have three opponents that have virtually identical voting (spending) records. I can and I will win but I need your help.
This past Saturday we had 25 volunteers in Winter Park gathering petitions and getting our message out. It was great fun and good therapy for people unhappy with government as usual. Please join us Feb. 6th at 9:30 a.m. in Apopka. Send me an email if you can attend.
Please donate to Matthew Falconer for Orange County Mayor and ask your friends to donate as well. Please consider hosting a meet and greet or a fundraiser for the only fiscal conservative running for Orange County Mayor.
An email went out today from the Matthew Falconer campaign. Below is the email. Falconer has announced that he will be running for Orange County mayor. —————-
I have determined our public policy has decimated our local economy and jeopardized our future. I have seen high taxes, fees and regulations put thousands of small businesses out of business. They in turn have laid off one million Floridians. Without structural reforms to the way we govern I see no short term improvement in our economy and way of life.
For these reasons I have decided to run for and be the next Orange County Mayor. I plan to take the reforms outlined in our Orange County Taxpayer Budget Review Board report (www.TaxpayerBudgetReviewBoard.org) and reform local government. Quite simply I plan to rebuild local government.
A leader today needs to have the basic belief that government as usual is not sustainable. Our local government has the same business model as General Motors, and our economy shares the same fate. Change is never easy, and reform is even more difficult. But I believe I was born for this storm. I have dedicated a thousand hours to research and I have a plan, not a dream.
I will put principle over politics, taxpayers over special interests, and help bring our local economy back to health one job, one small business at a time. If we push aside the social issues that divide the taxpayers on a federal level, we all share the same struggles and dreams. In local politics, it is no longer left versus right. It is taxpayer versus government. And the government is winning.
I have a plan to correct this injustice, but I will need all of the help I can get. Please visit my web site, www.MatthewFalconer.comand see my plan. Please email me your ideas, suggestions, and encouragement. I am taking this step to ensure the future of my children and yours. Let’s fix our broken government together and give our children the same chance we had at the American Dream.
Join the fight to save your job, your business, and your future. Please join me at my annoucement party July 1st, 5:30 p.m. at the former Village Tavern on Conroy Road next to Friday’s.
Matthew Falconer for Orange County Mayor won a straw poll in a landslide on Saturday at a candidate forum. The Supervisor of Elections conducted a poll with all Mayoral candidates on the official ballot. I won 73.3% of the vote while all six of my opponents collected only 26% of the vote combined. Only Marco Rubio had more votes (277) to Matthew Falconer (242). Below are the official results;
