Bidding Processes are Being Manipulated by Bureaucrats Against Local Companies In the last six months, Citizens for Better Government, L.L.C. has been contacted by four different members who have cried foul in the bidding process with Lake County government. One member believes the process for the new countywide radio system at the Lake County Sheriff’s [...]
Archive for April, 2010
14 Lake School Employees Belong to $100,000 Gold Club
Schools One of Lake County’s Highest Payers – 73 earn more than 85K A person who makes $50,000 per year based on 52 weeks/40-hours per week schedule makes $24.04 per hour. According to the State of Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation, the third quarter of 2009 average pay in Lake County for all jobs was [...]
Retirement Destination – That’s Lake’s Main Industry
“Attacks on Lake County’s Construction Industry Mask Bias Against Retirees” During a community business meeting last week, a prominent business person said, “The construction industry is the main industry in Lake County and until it picks up, everything will remain slow.” In one sense, we agree with his analogy because the construction industry has led [...]
Oops! Things Much Worse for Metz
“Joyce Crushes Metz in Fundraising and War Chest!” In The Right Side of the Lake newsletter released on Tuesday, Citizens for Better Government did an analysis of the money raised for various local political races. After reviewing the Republican Florida House #25 race between businessman, Rick Joyce, and school board member, Larry Metz, it shows [...]
THE MONEY RACE IS ON!
“Weaker Candidates Having Tough Time Raising Money” In politics, the only thing more important than votes is money – without it you will not win. Money in local elections is also a gauge of real support and strength of a candidate. Those candidates who are able to raise money not only secure the invested support [...]
