MY PLEDGE TO YOU

My run for county commissioner is based on a

commitment to serve the residents of our County at a time when our

nation and county are divided.  One of my opponents

chooses to label me as merely a real estate

professional.  Let me stress that I also bring the

organizational skills acquired over a 20-year period in the

corporate world, managing organizations, (people), budgets, and

projects.

I pledge to you that I will tap my experience

to improve the processes in our County to protect your tax

dollars.  We’ve recently read about the frustration

encountered with our Building and Planning

Department.  Employees respond to the processes in

place.  Before we have any reduction in staff, we must

ensure that the correct processes – consistent and predictable -

are in place for subdivision approvals and the permitting

process.  Only then, can we fairly evaluate whether

any reductions are called for. 

I pledge to demonstrate the leadership,

vision, and heart of a servant to provide you with transparency and

stewardship in serving you.  We need to institute the

televising of our public hearings to permit the general public to

be informed.  You deserve to have all the facts, and

to know where your commissioners stand before any public vote.

I pledge to focus on a common sense approach

to growth, the expansion of economic opportunity, and begin the

process of reorganizing our County to serve our residents in a more

efficient and servanthood manner.  Growth is

inevitable, and must be managed to permit the most efficient use of

our infrastructure and our public safety resources. 

Unless we make the proper land use designations, including

commercial and industrial - and the Comprehensive Plan does this –

we cannot effectively channel prospective employers to our area,

and maintain the rural character that many or our citizens hold

dear.

I pledge to consider the possible role of a

county administrator.  Before any decision is made to

proceed with an administrator, you the residents will be fully

informed so you can make the decision in a public referendum. Let’s

begin however, by first electing qualified commissioners who can

begin to lay the groundwork for more efficient and responsive local

government.

Public safety is also very important, as our

County Sheriff’s manpower is below recommended

levels.  I will work to adjust the next budget to

provide the necessary resources to ensure your safety.

Finally, I pledge to work closely with

all our cities, to

establish better and stronger relationships, and to support their

efforts to achieve an achievable solution to our wastewater

discharge into the Spokane River.

No one running in this race offers the

experience to be able to reorganize the departments under the

commissioners, as I can.  Working in a corporate

environment, with accountability to the bottom line has given me

the ability to manage your county departments to maximize the

return on your tax dollars.

I appeal for your vote on May

25^th.  Remember, the winner of this primary

election is your next county commissioner.

Thanks,

Chris Fillios.