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Old Guard Millbrae City Council Unites Against Transparancy, and Doug Radtke!

Millbrae City Council desperately wants to keep the status quo, and YOU OUT of the KNOW! Why the secrecy? Why the virulent attacks on a candidate like Doug Radtke, who merely wants to inform the voter why Millbrae needs to clean up its act, and why it hasn't been getting done. This City Council has been self-serving, and doing their best to keep the voters from knowing about it. There are behind-closed-doors meetings, and manipulation of rules to keep decisions about the running of Millbrae from being put to the voters, and are instead being made for us! Do Council Members REALLY get LIFETIME healthcare benefits? I want to know, and know why! What other perks are they getting while our city sinks? The Millbrae City auditor, Maze & Associates,  is the same company that is at the heart of the SamTrans scandal, calling missing money ERROR!http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Insiders-Allege-Fraudulent-Accounting-at-SamTrans-224510341.html They have been Millbrae's auditor for 10+ years. Was this auditor chosen due to its propensity for finding "errors" where fraud should have instead been declared? What have they allowed to slide by? Millbrae limps along, while property owners pay premium taxes, and get little in return for them! Why should we pay through the nose to give perks to city officials who do little for us, and try and cut us out of the decision making loop? We have a RIGHT to participate in the running of our city, in all important areas, not just the ones for which they decide to allow us a vote! Doug Radtke has long wanted to start a citizen audit committee
and be appointed by city council to review the audit work. He also wants to
demand an audit rotation for the next fiscal year with a NEW firm.
Millbrae is already overpaying their audit fees, they could save money with a new firm. 
   So, Millbrae residents have a choice in the next city election (we STILL get to VOTE in THAT, don't we?) Vote in all the old stagnant members who are enjoying an easy, cushy ride, or elect a member who wants Millbrae to prosper, and run without questionable, secretive activities! I am tired of government being run by those who can buy it in D.C., and I am tired of it here too! Vote as if your city depends on it...because it DOES!

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