Budget and Spending

I believe that we need to control our budget in a responsible manner. My record as Winnebago County Executive shows that I have proven success in doing this. Since I took over as county executive, I reduced the debt by more than 30% and spending by 4%.

But none of this was at the expense of the services the county provided. Despite reducing spending, I was able to build a new, 168 bed nursing home when so many other counties were closing their facilities. We built new engineering classrooms at UW Fox Valley, so the local economy would have more access to highly skilled workers. And we invested millions of dollars in new infrastructure projects.

My record demonstrates that I will be able to go to Washington and manage the budget in a way that is good for our long term fiscal health, but also still meets the needs of middle class and working families.