How attorney Jon Cole transformed a guaranteed dismissal of a trivial matter into a criminal conviction and a warrant for his arrest is an issue the voters of House District 67 have a right to know about.
Mr. Cole’s mismanagement of a simple legal matter speaks ill of his abilities to manage the people’s business in Austin.
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I’m Dr. John Pitchford and I’m fed up watching hundreds of millions of dollars literally being stolen from the taxpayers. I am a small business owner, a retired U.S. Army colonel, and a proven corruption fighter as reported by nationally syndicated columnist Colonel David Hackworth.
It takes uncompromising integrity to fight corruption. Read more about my fight to stop senior leader thievery in the U.S. Army here and here.
I support the Texas Public Officials Accountability Act. This act will require mandatory minimum prison sentences for public officials and government bureaucrats who used the power of their positions for personal financial gain by defrauding the taxpayers. As a society we believe in the deterrent effect of mandatory minimum prison sentences and it is time to apply this deterrent effect to those who been given power, privilege, and access to the public’s money.
No New Taxes - There is more than enough money lost to fraud, waste, and abuse to balance the Texas budget. Everyday there are new examples. Recently a doctor from Desoto was arrested in this nation’s largest Medicaid scam that cost the taxpayers $375 million dollars. In December, WFAA ran an eleven part series called “Crooked Teeth,” WFAA reported how a well-intentioned entitlement program to provide medically necessary dental braces exploded into free braces for every child on Medicaid. Since 2007 this program has cost Texas taxpayers $420 million. In 2010 alone Texas taxpayers paid $182 million. The money spent in Texas for this one “small” program was more than the other 49 states combined.
More Accountability – Do the math, nearly $800 million was lost and no one in the Texas government noticed. Multiply these numbers times hundreds of other programs and there truly is more than enough waste to balance the budget. Employees working for the Desoto doctor reported his $375 million dollar scam and the “Crooked Teeth” story was uncovered by a television station. There is no excuse for an oversight failure of this magnitude, but I’m afraid these two examples are just the tip of the iceberg
More with LeSS – The 82nd Legislature unanimously passed Senate Bill 563 to begin the implementation of a program called Lean Six Sigma (LSS). This program was originally developed to improve manufacturing efficiencies, but is proving itself useful in other areas. The City of Irving has significantly cut their annual budget without cutting services to the citizens. The U.S. Army has adopted LSS. Currently this program is being used to improve the efficiency of the Texas Workforce Commission. Every governmental spending program in Texas needs a top to bottom review.
Other Issues – The 83rd Texas Legislature will have other significant problems to solve. The funding of public education, transportation infrastructure, and finding new sources of water are all issues that cannot be pushed further down the road. The problem is that Texas taxpayers are not willing to pay any new taxes for these programs without first knowing the problems of fraud, waste, abuse, and inefficiency have been solved.
Send a Message to Austin - President Calvin Coolidge said, “Nothing is easier than spending the public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.”
The money does belong to somebody… it belongs to you. Send a message Austin… send me.
President Calvin Coolidge said, “Nothing is easier than the expenditure of public money. It doesn’t appear to belong to belong to anyone. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.”
Every last dime of the public money belongs to you. This year please vote for your own “special interest” and send a proven corruption fighter to Austin. See the links to the right and decide for yourself if I have the right stuff to fight to protect the investment you’ve made in Collin County and Texas.
Why should anyone be “entitled” to a luxury that many taxpayers cannot afford for themselves or their children? Here’s an example of a medicaid scam that put dentists into private jets and multi- million dollar homes. Liberals love to make taxpayers feel guilty for wanting to cut entitlement programs, but generosity runs dry when it’s abused.
Next year the 83rd Texas Legislature will deal with a budget shortfall of between 20 and 30 billion dollars. What Texas needs in Austin are legislators willing to fight for more accountability and transparency and to fight against fraud, waste and abuse.
I’m John Pitchford, small business owner and retired U.S. Army colonel. This year I’m asking you to vote for your own self-interest and the investment you’ve made in Texas by sending a proven corruption fighter to Austin to fight for you.
I receive nothing from the taxpayers of Texas. I do not represent any special interest group. I don’t have clients who receive taxpayer dollars. I have no product I want the State of Texas to buy.